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作者：Wang, Erik H.
作者单位：Australian National University
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作者：Mutahi, Njoroge; Micheni, Makena; Lake, Milli
作者单位：University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
摘要：Despite government commitments to mitigate corruption and strengthen mechanisms of accountability in state security sectors, reform efforts frequently fail to curb illegal practices by state agents. Scholars offer explanations that range from deeply embedded societal norms of appropriate behavior to rational accounts emphasizing the individualized benefits corruption can offer. Using a case study of the Service Standing Orders in Kenya's National Police Service however, we build on the work of...
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作者：Berut, Chloe
摘要：The aim of this article is to present a new chemical framework, through which heterogeneous observations on public policy-making can be systematically interpreted. This chemical framework is based on a combination of policy stages and John W. Kingdon's Multiple Streams Framework. This framework has three points of potential analytical leverage, which are identified in this article: the conceptualisation of temporal triggers that go beyond agenda-setting, the opportunity to conduct holistic ana...
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作者：Agnihotri, Anustubh
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Berkeley
摘要：Can market competition between intermediaries improve the quality of citizen-state interactions? I test this question in the context of a public-private partnership (PPP) policy that created a network of digital intermediaries - individuals authorized by the state to submit online applications on behalf of citizens. I use the overtime and staggered expansion of the intermediary network to identify the relationship between greater competition among digital intermediaries for the share of citize...
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作者：Trangbaek, Amalie
作者单位：Aarhus University
摘要：Top bureaucrats are the nexus between politics and administration. Besides being the chief operating officer of the ministry, they are technical experts and political advisors to the minister. This makes them central actors in bureaucratic studies. Despite their powerful position, few have studied their path to power. Utilizing sequence analysis, I analyze the career trajectories of permanent secretaries, providing a rich measure of career paths. Denmark is used as a case of a European parliam...
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作者：Ottervik, Mattias; Su, Zheng
作者单位：Shandong University; Shanghai Jiao Tong University
摘要：This article tests gender system as a mediator in the relationship between gender and corruption. Using data from World Values Survey we find a robust, significant link between acceptance of patriarchy and acceptance of corruption. We also find a significant link between acceptance of male superiority and acceptance of corruption. In the relationship between gender and attitudes toward corruption, gender system is a consistently statistically significant predictor of acceptance of corruption w...
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作者：Lee, Don S.; Magyar, Zsuzsanna B.
作者单位：Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU); Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU); University of Lucerne
摘要：One of the main questions about presidential democracies is to what extent the legislature influences executive governance. However, less well-known in this literature is the influence of opposition parties in policy-making and government formation processes. We argue that, in multiparty presidential governments, more concentrated opposition forces in the legislature, as opposed to more fragmented, lead to higher government spending and greater chances of coalition formation. Facing more unite...
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作者：Brenner, Dominik; Fazekas, Mihaly
摘要：Laws should endure and change only if assumed benefits don't materialize over time. Yet frequent modifications of laws shortly after their enactment distort this compromise between stability and change. While, Impact Assessments (IAs) are designed to improve the quality of legislation, we know little about IAs' impact on legal stability post-enactment. We fill this gap by analysing whether the ex-ante application of IAs influences the incidence and frequency of legal modifications. The analysi...
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作者：El Kurd, Dana
作者单位：University of Richmond
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作者：Lu, Shenghua; Wang, Hui
作者单位：Zhejiang University
摘要：Conventional studies show that political connections have significant distributional effects. Yet, the means by which political connections affect the distribution of economic resources has not been fully investigated. This paper examines the role of political connections in the allocation of government procurements in China by combining quantitative and qualitative evidence. For quantitative analysis, we focus on a specific type of political connections, namely revolving-door recruitment. A u...
