𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 & 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗣𝗠𝗠) 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲: 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦

𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 & 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗣𝗠𝗠) 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲: 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹:
Public Money & Management

𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿:
Taylor & Francis Group

𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲:
31 January 2027

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲

The rise of populism across political systems has generated significant challenges for public management and administration. Populism often presents complex societal issues in simplified terms and proposes direct solutions that can challenge established governance principles, administrative norms, and constitutional arrangements.

This Special Issue seeks interdisciplinary contributions that bring together perspectives from public management, politics, law, and the social sciences to examine how populist movements and governments are reshaping public administration. It aims to explore whether traditional approaches to public management remain adequate and how public managers navigate tensions between political mandates, professional ethics, democratic values, and institutional responsibilities.

The issue welcomes both conceptual and empirical contributions that deepen understanding of the implications of populism for public administration, public services, and the public good.

𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁

Submissions may address, but are not limited to:

• Limits of traditional public management thinking in the context of populism
• Moral and legal responsibilities of public managers in protecting democratic institutions
• Challenges to good governance principles and public sector ethics
• Public managers' responses to political mandates that conflict with administrative values
• The role of accountability frameworks in addressing extremist or populist policies
• Public managers' ethical commitments and resistance to controversial directives
• Concepts of extremism and populism and their implications for governance
• Bureaucratic responses, including dissent, resistance, and “guerrilla government” practices
• Comparative and international perspectives on populism and public administration
• Constitutional, institutional, and policy implications of populist governance

𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀

The Special Issue seeks to understand how public managers and administrators are navigating increasingly complex political environments shaped by populist movements and leaders. It encourages contributions that examine the implications of these developments for policy, governance structures, professional values, and the future of public services.

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀

• Research articles should be approximately 8,000 words.
• Debate pieces should be approximately 1,000 words.
• New development articles should be approximately 3,500 words.
• All submissions should follow the journal's author guidelines and be submitted via ScholarOne.
• Authors must declare any conflicts of interest during submission.
• Accepted articles are published online with a DOI immediately after acceptance and do not wait for the complete Theme Issue publication.
• A hybrid symposium for potential contributors is planned for late summer or early autumn 2026.

𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀

• Zoe Radnor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Global Academic Hubs, Aston University, UK

• David Walker, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, UK

𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘂 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 — 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 & 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

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