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作者：Smith, Natalie L.; Yackee, Susan Webb
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
摘要：Scholars have documented a steep decline in Americans' trust in the bureaucracy. This trend is problematic because it threatens the legitimacy of democratic policymaking by public sector agencies. We hypothesize that the participation of the bureaucracy's elected political principals in agency policy decision-making increases public confidence in the regulatory process. To test this argument, we implement a vignette-based survey experiment with roughly 1350 people in a politically divided U.S....
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作者：Rodland, Lise; Hansen, Vibeke Woien; Allern, Elin Haugsgjerd
作者单位：University of London; King's College London; University of Oslo
摘要：Legislative party groups regularly get suggestions from numerous, different interest groups trying to influence policy, but individual party groups are likely to be more receptive to suggestions from groups representing some interests than others. We examine (in)equalities in legislative parties' receptiveness to interest group diversity by asking: what factors explain how (un)equally legislative parties listen to and accept suggestions from different types of interest groups? Combining intere...
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作者：Xiao, Manlin; Zhan, Xueyong; Cudennec, Arnaud
作者单位：Hong Kong Polytechnic University; University of London
摘要：While recent research has studied the coping behaviors of street-level bureaucrats (SLBs), less attention has been paid to the institutional antecedents of these coping behaviors. This paper examines how macro-level institutional factors-specifically, competing institutional logics-shape SLBs' meso-level organizational conflicts and micro-level coping behaviors. We use semi-structured interviews and archival data to investigate environmental policy implementation in China, where developmental ...
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作者：Bolkvadze, Ketevan
作者单位：Lund University
摘要：This article develops an argument that in hybrid regimes, different levels of party competition incentivize incumbents to subvert the police in distinct ways, resulting in more corrupt or more repressive policing practices. In competing-pyramid hybrid regimes, such as Ukraine (2013-2019), elites have stronger incentives to preserve police corruption as a tool for immediate resource extraction amid pervasive uncertainty about political survival. Conversely, in dominant-pyramid systems, like Geo...
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作者：Coen, David; Vannoni, Matia
作者单位：University of London; University College London; University of London; King's College London
摘要：This paper examines how companies respond to global economic shocks by seeking political connections. Using company-level data, the study explores how exposure to increased trade competition-specifically, rising Chinese imports-affects U.S. firms' lobbying strategies. The findings reveal that companies facing greater economic pressures are more likely to hire politically connected lobbyists, particularly in industries more exposed to trade. These findings indicate that, during periods of econo...
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作者：Huang, Xian
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick
摘要：Building on the policy feedback literature and the risk-based perspective of the welfare state, this study examines the causal link between policy and opinion in a non-democratic setting. I argue that the distinct distributional profiles of social insurance benefits and risks in the current system generate different feedback effects on public demands for social insurance reform. Drawing on original individual-level survey data collected in China between 2022 and 2023, I find that high financia...
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作者：Loen, Mathea
作者单位：University of Bergen
摘要：The state is responsible for protecting and caring for its citizens, which sometimes requires citizens' compliance. For public health protection, citizens must get vaccinated, and to safeguard children, citizens must report suspected child maltreatment. Whilst previous research often links political trust to compliance, it remains unclear whether trust in specific welfare institutions plays a more decisive role. This paper offers new insights into compliance and its relationship to political a...
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作者：Lee, Don S.
作者单位：Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU); Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)
摘要：We examine how legislative hearings, mandatory in the appointment process for top executives, shape presidential management of cabinet. Research on legislative confirmation suggests that such a requirement generates a trade-off in choosing between loyalty and competence types. Building on this insight, we argue that the appointees' career paths after entering presidential cabinets differ significantly after legislative hearings are adopted, according to which type they are. Using a quasi-exper...
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作者：Mahfudhi, M. Anas
作者单位：University of Indonesia
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作者：Michener, Gregory; Nieto Morales, Fernando; Kwoka, Margaret; del Carmen Nava Polina, Maria
作者单位：Colegio de Mexico; University System of Ohio; Ohio State University
摘要：A much-emulated information commission and a superstar within global transparency policy circles, Mexico's National Institute for Access to Information (the INAI) wielded practically unappealable decision-making power over public information across the entire Mexican federation. In November 2024, the populist Morena regime formally dissolved the INAI. Looking beyond the tired tale of populist backsliding, the INAI's demise offers key lessons about the vulnerability of transparency in the absen...
