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作者：Aizenberg, Ellis
作者单位：Aarhus University
摘要：This paper argues that a high degree of conflict and a low degree of salience on a policy issue drives corporations to lobby alone rather than via a business association. Previous research has addressed drivers at organizational, sector and structural level. This paper adds an issue perspective. These arguments are important as democracies thrive when business employs its power in a responsible manner. When corporations lobby alone, it can be a challenge to do so as they tend to overlook long-...
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作者：Hesstvedt, Stine; Christensen, Johan
作者单位：University of Oslo; Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC
摘要：Governments face a fundamental dilemma when asking expert groups for advice. Experts possess knowledge that can help governments design effective and legitimate policies. However, they can also propose different policies than those preferred by government. How do governments solve this conundrum? Through a mixed-methods study, the article examines politico-administrative control with expert advisory commissions in Norway. Arguing that both politicians and bureaucrats can take interest in limit...
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作者：Limberg, Julian; Knill, Christoph; Steinebach, Yves
作者单位：University of London; King's College London; University of Munich
摘要：Does growing state activity inevitably lead to more complex policy systems? In this article, we offer a new, comprehensive approach that systematically differentiates between the size and the complexity of policy portfolios to answer this question. Looking at data from 21 OECD countries over more than three decades (1980-2015) in the areas of social and environmental policy, we find substantial variation in the size and complexity of policy portfolios. While larger state activity is generally ...
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作者：Vortherms, Samantha A.
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Irvine
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作者：Zhu, Xiao; Qiu, Taotao; Liu, Dongshu
作者单位：Renmin University of China; City University of Hong Kong
摘要：Civic activism is increasingly popular for authoritarian regimes to ensure local compliance and improve local governance, but it also places pressure on local officials. How do local officials respond to such pressures? With a unique dataset of city-level environmental investigations and public interest litigation in China, we conduct a generalized difference-in-difference analysis and find that public interest litigation, a new legal channel for social actors to monitor environmental governan...
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作者：Liu, Weixing; Yi, Hongtao
作者单位：Renmin University of China; University System of Ohio; Ohio State University
摘要：Change agents play important roles in the diffusion of policy innovation. Scholars argue that the career paths of change agents could facilitate the diffusion of innovation through network-based mechanisms of portable innovation or policy wormholes, but have not fully distinguished between direct and indirect connections inherently important in a leadership transfer network. This study proposes an indirect portable innovation hypothesis and an indirect policy wormhole hypothesis to highlight t...
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作者：Knutsen, Carl Henrik
作者单位：University of Oslo
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作者：Barry, Nicholas; Miragliotta, Narelle; Nwokora, Zim
作者单位：La Trobe University; Monash University; Deakin University
摘要：The transformation of governance in Westminster democracies is well documented. However, one aspect of their change that has not received much attention is the creation and publication of cabinet rulebooks. The few studies of cabinet rulebooks have focused on their potential constitutional implications, leaving unclear how their emergence fits within the broader development of Westminster governance. We address this gap in the literature by examining cabinet rulebooks in five Westminster democ...
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作者：Uster, Anna
作者单位：Max Stern Yezreel Valley College
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作者：Calcara, Antonio
作者单位：University of Antwerp
摘要：5G networks are at the center of geopolitical competition. The United States has denounced market leader Huawei's ability to break into allies' sensitive networks and it has tried to convince Europeans to ban the Chinese group from their 5G markets. How are European governments and industries reacting to 5G politicization? This article argues that government-industry interactions in the handling of politically salient issues are mediated by the country's political system. In executive-dominate...
