{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2300464591","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12253","title":"ADMINISTRATIVE POLITICIZATION OR CONTESTABILITY? HOW POLITICAL ADVISERS AFFECT NEUTRAL COMPETENCE IN POLICY PROCESSES","display_name":"ADMINISTRATIVE POLITICIZATION OR CONTESTABILITY? HOW POLITICAL ADVISERS AFFECT NEUTRAL COMPETENCE IN POLICY PROCESSES","publication_year":2016,"publication_date":"2016-03-16","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2300464591","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12253","mag":"2300464591"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1111/padm.12253","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12253","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12253","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S201221823","display_name":"Public Administration","issn_l":"0033-3298","issn":["0033-3298","1467-9299"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","fnege-2","jufo-3","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Public Administration","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/b8bfd741-6826-4ecb-a2d0-eb390cd376a8","any_repository_has_fulltext":null},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"PATRIK \u00d6HBERG","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I881427289","display_name":"University of Gothenburg","ror":"https://ror.org/01tm6cn81","country_code":"SE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I881427289"]}],"countries":["SE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"PATRIK \u00d6HBERG","raw_affiliation_strings":["Patrik \u00d6hberg and Birgitta Niklasson are at the Department of Political Science Gothenburg University Sweden"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Patrik \u00d6hberg and Birgitta Niklasson are at the Department of Political Science Gothenburg University Sweden","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I881427289"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5065313744","display_name":"Peter Munk Christiansen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8808-500X","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8808-500X"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I204337017","display_name":"Aarhus University","ror":"https://ror.org/01aj84f44","country_code":"DK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I204337017"]}],"countries":["DK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"PETER MUNK CHRISTIANSEN","raw_affiliation_strings":["Peter Munk Christiansen is at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Peter Munk Christiansen is at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I204337017"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5020604729","display_name":"Birgitta Niklasson","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9035-8556","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9035-8556"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I881427289","display_name":"University of Gothenburg","ror":"https://ror.org/01tm6cn81","country_code":"SE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I881427289"]}],"countries":["SE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"BIRGITTA NIKLASSON","raw_affiliation_strings":["Patrik \u00d6hberg and Birgitta Niklasson are at the Department of Political Science Gothenburg University Sweden"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Patrik \u00d6hberg and Birgitta Niklasson are at the Department of Political Science Gothenburg University Sweden","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I881427289"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":3950,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3950},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":7.6476,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":43,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.96142396,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"95","issue":"1","first_page":"269","last_page":"285"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10213","display_name":"Public Policy and Administration Research","score":0.961899995803833,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3321","display_name":"Public Administration"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10213","display_name":"Public Policy and Administration Research","score":0.961899995803833,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3321","display_name":"Public Administration"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13988","display_name":"Public Administration and Governance","score":0.019300000742077827,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13459","display_name":"Public Administration and Political Analysis","score":0.014000000432133675,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/political-advisers","display_name":"political advisors","score":0.8130000233650208},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ministerial-advisers","display_name":"ministerial advisers","score":0.8240000009536743},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/civil-service-recruitment","display_name":"civil service recruitment","score":0.597000002861023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/contestability","display_name":"contestability","score":0.9200000166893005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/policy-process","display_name":"policy process","score":0.7720000147819519},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-sector-employment","display_name":"public sector employees","score":0.5730000138282776},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/state-secretary","display_name":"state secretary","score":0.8410000205039978},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/denmark","display_name":"Denmark","score":0.5450000166893005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sweden","display_name":"Sweden","score":0.9800000190734863}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3018445945","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11771944","display_name":"Civil servants","level":3,"score":0.9149491786956787},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.7464510202407837},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C164622146","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9035","display_name":"Danish","level":2,"score":0.6992195248603821},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C100521375","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2015382","display_name":"Competence (human resources)","level":2,"score":0.6933579444885254},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2992250137","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11771944","display_name":"Civil service","level":3,"score":0.6769443154335022},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3116431","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31728","display_name":"Public administration","level":1,"score":0.6632667183876038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.5329201221466064},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48103436","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599031","display_name":"State (computer science)","level":2,"score":0.4114108383655548},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.21458017826080322},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187736073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920921","display_name":"Management","level":1,"score":0.17237788438796997},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780110086","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161837","display_name":"Public service","level":2,"score":0.1554781198501587},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.13619351387023926},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1111/padm.12253","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12253","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12253","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S201221823","display_name":"Public Administration","issn_l":"0033-3298","issn":["0033-3298","1467-9299"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","fnege-2","jufo-3","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Public Administration","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:pure.atira.dk:openaire/b8bfd741-6826-4ecb-a2d0-eb390cd376a8","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/b8bfd741-6826-4ecb-a2d0-eb390cd376a8","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"\u00d6hberg, P, Christiansen, P M & Niklasson, B 2017, 'Administrative politicization or contestability? How political advisers affect neutral competence in policy processes', Public Administration, vol. 95, no. 1, pp. 269-285. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12253","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:pure.atira.dk:openaire/b8bfd741-6826-4ecb-a2d0-eb390cd376a8","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/b8bfd741-6826-4ecb-a2d0-eb390cd376a8","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"\u00d6hberg, P, Christiansen, P M & Niklasson, B 2017, 'Administrative politicization or contestability? How political advisers affect neutral competence in policy processes', Public Administration, vol. 95, no. 1, pp. 269-285. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12253","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions","score":0.9595999717712402,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16"}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions","score":0.6600000262260437,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16"}],"study_designs":[{"display_name":"Observational Study","id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":46,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W589052457","https://openalex.org/W591451379","https://openalex.org/W1550196926","https://openalex.org/W1827159711","https://openalex.org/W1918287521","https://openalex.org/W1936250999","https://openalex.org/W1966273494","https://openalex.org/W1968793287","https://openalex.org/W1981545764","https://openalex.org/W1981932895","https://openalex.org/W1985751527","https://openalex.org/W1996437638","https://openalex.org/W1998542435","https://openalex.org/W2001327523","https://openalex.org/W2011283990","https://openalex.org/W2028164816","https://openalex.org/W2030220393","https://openalex.org/W2043401121","https://openalex.org/W2043947680","https://openalex.org/W2078725864","https://openalex.org/W2083875203","https://openalex.org/W2089308559","https://openalex.org/W2094736317","https://openalex.org/W2095037318","https://openalex.org/W2098196715","https://openalex.org/W2102017956","https://openalex.org/W2102988078","https://openalex.org/W2105178307","https://openalex.org/W2116075072","https://openalex.org/W2131521862","https://openalex.org/W2136295812","https://openalex.org/W2151916361","https://openalex.org/W2158426129","https://openalex.org/W2320048475","https://openalex.org/W2340319983","https://openalex.org/W2345139956","https://openalex.org/W2479664695","https://openalex.org/W2500313138","https://openalex.org/W2797111401","https://openalex.org/W2890373521","https://openalex.org/W2937085831","https://openalex.org/W4213436370","https://openalex.org/W4239565408","https://openalex.org/W4239606516","https://openalex.org/W4247241723","https://openalex.org/W4391638171"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2346910729","https://openalex.org/W3042558732","https://openalex.org/W7218118616","https://openalex.org/W4417483739","https://openalex.org/W4317693806","https://openalex.org/W2600704586","https://openalex.org/W1981545764","https://openalex.org/W7064374170","https://openalex.org/W4376276200","https://openalex.org/W3111503137"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"There":[1],"is":[2,132],"limited":[3],"empirical":[4],"research":[5],"on":[6],"the":[7,17,20,42,86,89,93,101,113,127],"extent":[8],"to":[9,92],"which":[10],"politicized":[11],"recruitment":[12,40,75],"of":[13,19,37,56,76,88,129],"ministerial":[14],"advisers":[15,118],"affects":[16],"quality":[18],"policy":[21,43,102],"process.":[22,103],"In":[23],"this":[24],"article":[25],"we":[26],"take":[27],"a":[28,51,133],"novel":[29],"step":[30],"by":[31,112],"looking":[32],"at":[33],"two":[34],"possible":[35],"consequences":[36],"increased":[38],"political":[39,74,117,130],"for":[41,136],"process:":[44],"administrative":[45],"politicization":[46,137],"and":[47,58,60,138],"contestability.":[48],"We":[49,71],"deploy":[50],"Most":[52],"Similar":[53],"Systems":[54],"comparison":[55],"Denmark":[57],"Sweden":[59],"include":[61],"survey":[62],"answers":[63],"from":[64],"657":[65],"civil":[66,78,90,105],"servants":[67,106],"in":[68],"managerial":[69],"positions.":[70],"find":[72],"that":[73,126],"top":[77],"servants,":[79],"such":[80],"as":[81,109],"Swedish":[82,121],"state":[83],"secretaries,":[84],"restricts":[85],"access":[87],"service":[91],"minister,":[94],"but":[95],"it":[96],"does":[97],"not":[98],"substantially":[99],"politicize":[100],"Danish":[104,116],"perceive":[107],"themselves":[108],"more":[110],"contested":[111],"relatively":[114],"few":[115],"than":[119],"their":[120],"colleagues.":[122],"Our":[123],"results":[124],"imply":[125],"organization":[128],"advice":[131],"crucial":[134],"factor":[135],"contestability":[139]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-10-30T12:39:25.321706","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}