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作者：Koop, Christel; di Vettimo, Michele Scotto
作者单位：University of London; King's College London; University of Exeter
摘要：As non-majoritarian institutions are deliberately insulated from electoral pressure and ministerial hierarchy, they face an accountability deficit. This deficit can be reduced by embedding the organizations in a wider accountability landscape with multiple forums. Of particular relevance in this landscape are the news media, who may not only serve as account-holders, but can also reinforce other forms of accountability. Yet, we know little about the conditions under which the media cover non-m...
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作者：Kluser, K. Jonathan; Schmuck, David; Sieberer, Ulrich
作者单位：University of Zurich; Otto Friedrich University Bamberg
摘要：In multiparty governments, policymaking is a collaborative effort among the different incumbent parties. Often hidden by public debates about broader government policy, the necessary coordination routinely happens at the ministerial level, where ministries of different parties jointly devise viable and equitable policy solutions. However, since coordination involves substantial transaction costs, governments must carefully gauge the potential benefits. We study the political rationales that mo...
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作者：Mueller, Moritz; Fraussen, Bert
作者单位：Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC
摘要：An agency's self-portrayal can help to protect its jurisdictional turf and strengthen its reputational uniqueness. While prior reputational studies have shown that agencies are attentive to the media and political principals, they have not assessed how inter-agency dynamics might shape their public outreach and message. This paper argues that if multiple public agencies are confronted with a shared salient issue, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, they engage in 'issue segmentation': mindful of ea...
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作者：Koskimaa, Vesa; Rapeli, Lauri; Himmelroos, Staffan
作者单位：Tampere University; Abo Akademi University; University of Helsinki
摘要：The perceived disconnect between policymaking elites and citizens has intensified demands for citizen engagement in democracies, but we know little about policymakers' attitudes towards increased citizen involvement. This study presents an in-depth, mixed-methods analysis of participatory views of politicians, public officials, and interest group representatives in Finland. We first utilize a unique survey battery presented to representative samples of policymakers (n = 675) and ordinary citiz...
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作者：Nelson, Stephen C.; Dietrich, Simone
作者单位：Northwestern University
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作者：Sheffer, Lior; Loewen, Peter John; Lucas, Jack
作者单位：Tel Aviv University; University of Toronto; University of Calgary
摘要：Politicians are required to make policy decisions that involve short-term and long-term tradeoffs, and existing theory largely expects election-driven myopic thinking to dominate their reasoning when they do so. Direct evidence on this is surprisingly absent, leaving open questions on whether and when politicians do support future-oriented policies, and what factors, beyond the shadow of elections, influence such choices. Responding to this gap, we report results of a multi-year survey of more...
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作者：Marciano, Reut
作者单位：University of Toronto
摘要：Prior research on consultants in policymaking described their expanding policy involvement and impact. This research focuses on consultants' policy formulation roles and on how and why these roles vary across jurisdictions and contexts. It draws on comparative research on healthcare policy in Ontario, Canada, and Victoria, Australia. Based on analysis of contracts and expenditure data, and 59 semi-structured interviews, this research finds that consultants in Victoria are partners in formulati...
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作者：Zhang, Changdong; Dickson, Bruce
作者单位：Peking University; George Washington University
摘要：Public finance lies at the heart of politics. It shapes citizens' political attitudes and behaviors. While the expenditure side has been studied very extensively, the income side has been neglected, especially in authoritarian regimes. Taking China as an ideal case, we use a nation-wide random sample of urban residents to study how citizens under strong authoritarian states perceive their tax burdens. We find that Chinese citizens have low tax consciousness, defined as the perception of fairne...
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作者：Clerici, Paula; Demeco, Lucia; Galeano, Franco; Negri, Juan
作者单位：Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET); Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
摘要：In federal presidential democracies, discretionary transfers are often mentioned as a tool used by the national executive to build and strengthen subnational support, typically governors. Funds to local mayors, however, have been much less studied. With original data, in this study we analyze the distribution of a particular discretionary transfer (ATN) to the Argentine municipalities during two periods: 1997-2000 and 2016-2019. We show that the main driver for transfers is the mayor's politic...
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作者：Junk, Wiebke Marie; Berkhout, Joost; Crepaz, Michele; Hanegraaff, Marcel
作者单位：University of Copenhagen; University of Amsterdam; Queens University Belfast
摘要：Advocacy intelligence is a critical organizational resource fostering long-term survival and policy success. Policy-active interest groups such as non-profits, business associations and labor unions, seek to maintain their competitive advantage among peers and therefore have incentives to remain secretive about the details of their lobbying strategies and membership mobilization. We empirically evaluate this argument based on knowledge sharing interactions in 12 focus group interviews with app...
