{"id":20786,"date":"2025-09-04T10:40:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T10:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teise.org\/?p=20786"},"modified":"2025-09-08T07:03:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T07:03:31","slug":"20250904-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/20250904-2\/","title":{"rendered":"I. Keru\u0161auskait\u0117: Let\u2019s Look Beyond the \u201cBlack Box\u201d of Political Will"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr Ingrida Keru\u0161auskait\u0117, a senior research fellow at the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences (LCSS), participated in the 50th Annual Conference of the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA), which took place on 26-29 August in Glasgow, United Kingdom. The plenary sessions and discussions of the conference were devoted to the theme \u201cEGPA at 50: Prospects for Public Administration across Europe\u201d.<\/p>

Dr Keru\u0161auskait\u0117 delivered a presentation on her working paper titled \u201cBeyond the Black Box of Political Will: The Octopus Framework to Deconstruct the Drivers and Blockers of Effective Action against Corruption\u201d. In her presentation, the researcher emphasized that political will is often cited as a core impediment to action against corruption \u2013 such as policy and legislative framework strengthening, regulation, investigation, prosecution and asset recovery. The concept is, however, loosely defined and poorly understood both in policy-making and academic literature.<\/p>

Dr Keru\u0161auskait\u0117\u2019s paper argues that the concept of \u201cpolitical will\u201d itself is unhelpful in identifying and addressing the causes for lack of appropriate legislative frameworks and their implementation. The concept is often used as a \u201ccatch-all\u201d reason for lack of effective action. The working paper proposes to move away from the catch-all phrase of \u201cpolitical will\u201d and determine the drivers and blockers of reform at a more granular and useful level. Instead, the paper introduces the Octopus framework to identify such drivers and blockers, that are often grouped under the generic term \u201cpolitical will\u201d. This in turn can help craft more targeted interventions and direct more effective action against corruption.<\/p>

The proposed Octopus framework delves into eight categories of drivers of policy reforms (or lack thereof): (1) personal interests and preferences; (2) political ideology and motivations; (3) issue prioritisation; (4) capacity and resources; (5) authority for action; (6) social contract; (7) social norms; and (8) (mis)communication.<\/p>

Participation in the international conference gave the researcher an opportunity to discuss the significant yet under-researched aspect of corruption and anti-corruption work with leading global scholars on public administration, ethics and integrity. It also served to establish new partnerships for future projects and research areas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lietuvos socialini\u0173 moksl\u0173 centro Teis\u0117s instituto vyresnioji mokslo darbuotoja dr.\u00a0Ingrida Keru\u0161auskait\u0117 rugpj\u016b\u010dio 26\u201329\u00a0d. dalyvavo 50-ojoje kasmetin\u0117je Europos vie\u0161ojo administravimo grup\u0117s (angl. The European Group for Public Administration, EGPA) konferencijoje, vykusioje Glazge, Jungtin\u0117je Karalyst\u0117je. Tarptautinio renginio pristatymai ir diskusijos buvo skirtos temai \u201eEGPA 50-metis: vie\u0161ojo administravimo perspektyvos Europoje\u201c (angl. EGPA at 50: Prospects for Public Administration across Europe). Dr.\u00a0I.\u00a0Keru\u0161auskait\u0117 skait\u0117 prane\u0161im\u0105 \u201eU\u017e politin\u0117s valios \u201ejuodosios d\u0117\u017e\u0117s\u201c rib\u0173: A\u0161tuonkojo modelis, skirtas veiksmingos kovos su korupcija priemon\u0117ms ir i\u0161\u0161\u016bkiams dekonstruoti\u201c (angl. Beyond the Black Box of Political Will: The Octopus Framework to Deconstruct the Drivers and Blockers of Effective Action Against Corruption). Jo metu tyr\u0117ja pabr\u0117\u017e\u0117, kad politin\u0117 valia da\u017enai suprantama kaip esmin\u0117 kli\u016btis siekiant efektyvios korupcijos kontrol\u0117s, susijusios su politin\u0117s ir teisin\u0117s sistemos stiprinimu, \u012fstatyminiu reglamentavimu, baud\u017eiamuoju persekiojimu ir \u017ealos atlyginimu. Politin\u0117s valios s\u0105voka vis dar i\u0161lieka nepakankamai konceptualizuota tiek politiniu, tiek akademiniu lygmeniu. Prane\u0161ime dr.\u00a0I.\u00a0Keru\u0161auskait\u0117 pa\u017eymi, kad pati \u201epolitin\u0117s valios\u201c s\u0105voka n\u0117ra pakankama identifikuojant ir sprend\u017eiant i\u0161\u0161\u016bkius, susijusius su veiksmingo \u012fstatyminio reglamentavimo ir jo praktinio \u012fgyvendinimo stoka. Prie\u0161ingai, \u0161i s\u0105voka pernelyg da\u017enai pasitelkiama kaip vienintel\u0117 prie\u017eastis, d\u0117l kurios nesiimama priemoni\u0173 korupcijos kontrolei u\u017etikrinti. Prane\u0161ime si\u016bloma atsisakyti \u201epolitin\u0117s valios\u201c s\u0105vokos ir pa\u017evelgti \u012f esmines priemones ir i\u0161\u0161\u016bkius, kurie aktual\u016bs korupcijos prevencijai. B\u016btent A\u0161tuonkojo modelis pristatomas kaip \u012frankis, skirtas tikrosioms priemon\u0117ms ir i\u0161\u0161\u016bkiams, kurie da\u017enai atsiduria po redukcionistine \u201epolitin\u0117s valios\u201c s\u0105voka, identifikuoti. Pastebima, kad \u0161is modelis gali pad\u0117ti parengti kryptingas intervencijas, skirtas nukreipti efektyvias priemones korupcijos prevencijai. Si\u016blomas A\u0161tuonkojo modelis nagrin\u0117ja a\u0161tuonias politikos reform\u0173 (ar j\u0173 tr\u016bkumo) veiksni\u0173 kategorijas: (1)\u00a0asmeniniai interesai ir prioritetai; (2)\u00a0politin\u0117 ideologija ir paskatos; (3)\u00a0problemos prioretizavimas; (4)\u00a0paj\u0117gumai ir i\u0161tekliai; (5)\u00a0\u012fgaliojimai imtis veiksm\u0173; (6)\u00a0socialinis kontraktas; (7)\u00a0socialin\u0117s normos ir (8)\u00a0(ne)komunikacija. Dalyvavimas tarptautin\u0117je konferencijoje suteik\u0117 mokslininkei galimyb\u0119 aptarti svarbius, ta\u010diau ma\u017eai i\u0161tirtus korupcijos ir antikorupcini\u0173 veiksm\u0173 klausimus su pirmaujan\u010diais pasaulio vie\u0161ojo administravimo, etikos ir skaidrumo tyr\u0117jais. Tai taip pat pad\u0117jo u\u017emegzti naujas partnerystes b\u016bsimiems projektams ir mokslini\u0173 tyrim\u0173 sritims.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,268],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-naujienos","category-268"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20786"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20791,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20786\/revisions\/20791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}