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作者：Hinterleitner, Markus; Wittwer, Stefan
作者单位：University of Munich; Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain; ETH Zurich
摘要：How do frontline workers implement policy when it is politically contested and they face strong pressure from politicians and the media? Based on original data and a multi-method analysis of juvenile justice policy and child protection policy in Switzerland, we show that political conflict can change policy implementation when frontline workers adapt their implementation practices in response to political and media pressure. We demonstrate that frontline workers seek to limit the influence of ...
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作者：Abbott, Jared; Touchton, Michael
作者单位：Tulane University; University of Miami
摘要：How does the structure of democratic institutions affect citizen engagement? This study employs conjoint analysis to assess the effects of institutional design on political participation in participatory budgeting (PB) programs. We find evidence that PB program design strongly affects citizens' interest in participation. Participation appeals more to citizens when PB programs offer participants meaningful control over decision-making outcomes, when barriers to participation are low, and when r...
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作者：Allen, Richard
作者单位：International Monetary Fund
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作者：Harris, Adam S.; Meyer-Sahling, Jan-Hinrik; Mikkelsen, Kim Sass; Schuster, Christian; Seim, Brigitte; Sigman, Rachel
作者单位：University of London; University College London; University of Nottingham; Roskilde University; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; United States Department of Defense; United States Navy; Naval Postgraduate School
摘要：Why do some bureaucrats engage in corruption for personal gain, yet others for political gain? We show that these forms of corruption frequently do not coincide and offer an explanation: bureaucrats hired based on political and personal connections have different identities and incentives which compel them to engage in corruption for political and personal gain respectively. List experiments with a unique sample of 6400 bureaucrats in five countries in Africa and Asia support our argument. As ...
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作者：Lambach, Daniel; Oppermann, Kai
作者单位：Goethe University Frankfurt; Technische Universitat Chemnitz
摘要：Digital sovereignty has become a prominent concept in European digital policy, and Germany stands out as its leading advocate in Europe. How digital sovereignty is being understood in German politics is therefore highly relevant for broader policy debates on the European level. This motivates the main objective of the article to map out the different meanings that are attributed to digital sovereignty in German political discourse. Specifically, the article adopts a narrative framework to reco...
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作者：Goenaga, Agustin
作者单位：Lund University
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作者：Carothers, Christopher
作者单位：University of Pennsylvania
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作者：Schnabel, Johanna; Dardanelli, Paolo
作者单位：Free University of Berlin; University of Kent
摘要：Conditional grant programs are widely used in federal systems to address the tension between decentralized policy provision and territorial equity, given constraints on constituent units' ability to raise revenues. While enhancing their financial capacity, conditional grants are often seen as reducing constituent units' policy autonomy. Against this backdrop, this article examines the actual impact conditional grants have on the capacity and autonomy of a constituent unit. We analyze key miles...
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作者：Meier, Kenneth J.; Xu, Xiaoyang
作者单位：American University
摘要：Studies of representative bureaucracy frequently reference the need for a critical mass before an underrepresented group can influence policy outputs or outcomes, but the empirical literature is modest and presents mixed findings. This article presents a theoretical exploration to illustrate how critical mass can link individual behavior to organizational contexts. By examining both active representation and symbolic representation at both the individual and organizational level and specifying...
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作者：Kalesnikaite, Vaiva; Neshkova, Milena, I; Ganapati, Sukumar
作者单位：Clemson University; State University System of Florida; Florida International University
摘要：Prior research has examined the effect of e-government on corruption but has only considered perceived political corruption that differs from the actual corruption that citizens experience in their routine encounters with street-level bureaucrats. This study focuses on petty corruption and delineates the underlying mechanism through which e-government aids in curbing it. We argue that online service delivery reduces corruptibility on both sides-bureaucrats and citizens-by limiting the frequenc...
