European Administration Challenged by Philosophy (and Vice Versa)

This chapter consists of a philosophical dialogue between Nicole Dewandre and Edoardo Ongaro. This dialogue begins with a series of cross-questionings, nourished by their different positioning both with regard to philosophy and in their relationship to the object ‘administration’. After introducing themselves, they discuss key scholar that have informed their thinking to delineate the contours of a relational conceptualisation of public administrations and the civil servants who compose them, as well as the great politico-practical stakes that they must now face.