...Dr Karen Boll and Professor Roderick A.W. Rhodes; Karen Boll Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse everyday reasoning in public administration. This is done by focusing on front line tax inspectors’ decisions about tax evasion. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents...

...Dr Karen Boll and Professor Roderick A.W. Rhodes; Sanne Frandsen Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine what we can learn from an autoethnographical approach about public administration. In this context it presents and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of autoethnography...

... professional skills and personal competencies are blurred. Originality/value – The study contributes to ethnographic research in public administration by combining two separate subfields, e-government and street-level bureaucracy, to discern recent transformations in public service delivery...

... real in its consequences for reality (Austin, 1962). Public administration Strategic decision making Large infrastructure projects Narrative practice Performative struggle Performativity Not all political-executives in Stedendriehoek are equally content with the City Axis concept...