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作者：Leland, Suzanne; Chattopadhyay, Jaqueline; Maestas, Cherie; Piatak, Jaclyn
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Charlotte; Purdue University System; Purdue University
摘要：This article defines a concept of relative trust-the gap between trust in different levels of government in a federalist system-and examines whether it influences public attitudes about which level of government holds authority in specific policy domains. While scholars have explored how trust in government affects political systems from a national perspective, little is known about how trust influences multitiered government systems in which public trust levels differ for national versus subn...
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作者：Peci, Alketa
作者单位：Getulio Vargas Foundation
摘要：Bureaucratic reputations are largely shaped by the media's evaluations of such agencies. However, the research overlooks how the media evaluates public agencies, particularly in low-trust contexts. Using inductive machine-learning techniques, we uncover the media's evaluations of Brazilian regulatory agencies based on more than 38,000 stories published within the last 20 years with the aim of exploring what drives their media evaluations and which reputational dimensions are privileged in the ...
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作者：Quah, Jon S. T.
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作者：Schlaufer, Caroline
作者单位：HSE University (National Research University Higher School of Economics)
摘要：Citizen online participation has become an increasingly important feature of policymaking in nondemocratic regimes. This article explores the question of why nondemocratic governments promote e-participation tools. To address this question, this research examines the motives for the introduction of the Active Citizen e-voting platform in Moscow through an in-depth case study drawing on interviews and qualitative document analysis. The case study identifies a variety of objectives pursued by th...
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作者：Jezierska, Katarzyna; Sorbom, Adrienne
作者单位：University West - Sweden; Sodertorn University
摘要：The credibility of think tanks is grounded in their image as independent experts. In order to gain authority to act, think tanks must be seen as independent, but in order to exert influence and gain funding, think tanks are forced to compromise this independent image. We focus on how think tanks handle this independence paradox. How do think tanks use different resources to construct an independent image? The aim of the article is conceptual, as we develop a theoretical model of the independen...
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作者：Maccarrone, Vincenzo
作者单位：University College Dublin
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作者：Cormier, Ben
作者单位：University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
摘要：Some use the model of independent central banks to posit that independent Debt Management Offices (DMOs) can enhance public debt sustainability. This study argues this is unlikely in developing countries. Developing country DMOs have limited space to apolitically manage (a) debt levels and (b) borrowing strategies. A comparison of South Africa and Botswana, using in-depth interviews and primary sources, traces public debt processes to argue DMOs are unlikely to significantly affect the link be...
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作者：Kolstad, Ivar
作者单位：Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
摘要：We analyze the economic performance of countries after a multi-decade political ruler, defined as having been in office 20 or more years, loses power. For 37 countries experiencing such an end-of-reign event in the period 1971-2005, we use an event study approach to compare growth in the decade following the event with growth in pre-event periods. The results show that event countries have below average growth in the year a long-term political leader leaves office and that cumulative growth in...
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作者：Ford, Michele; Gillan, Michael; Ward, Kristy
作者单位：University of Sydney; University of Sydney; University of Western Australia
摘要：Authoritarian states face a fundamental tension in managing labor conflict. Too much repression can be read as a violation of workers' human rights, but too little undermines their structures of control. In this article, we shift focus from the overt repression of workers and unions to consider how states manage labor dissent through governance reform. Using Cambodia as our case, we examine the government's use of a series of authoritarian innovations to reassert control over labor governance ...
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作者：Kennedy, John; Alcantara, Christopher; Armstrong, David, II
作者单位：Western University (University of Western Ontario)
摘要：Political parties regularly make promises to the public about what they hope to accomplish if and when they are elected to office. Once in office, the winning party, usually via the executive branch, announces its agenda by delivering a speech from the throne or a state of the union/nation address in the legislature. To what extent are governments able to fulfill the promises they make in these speeches? To answer this question, we investigate the impact of three structural constraints on prom...
