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作者：Hou, Linke; Liu, Mingxing; Yang, Dali L.; Xue, Ji
作者单位：Shandong University; Peking University; University of Chicago
摘要：China's party-controlled elite appointment system has been praised for contributing to growth and order in recent decades. Inspired by Mancur Olson's insight into elite incentives and governance, we examine how the Chinese practices of elite management affect the character of governance using unique survey and interview data on township leaders and social contention. We find that, first, externally appointed party secretaries experience more petitions and mass incidents during their tenure and...
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作者：Gilad, Sharon; Alon-Barkat, Saar
作者单位：Hebrew University of Jerusalem
摘要：This article challenges the depiction of bureaucracy as a hurdle to democratic responsiveness. It proposes that senior civil servants' (SCSs) dual position as professionals and citizens may enhance government permeability to salient public agendas. Building on social identity theory, we argue that salient public agendas may arouse SCSs' social identification with in-groups and thereby elicit their motivation for policy change within their task domain. Employing a mixed-methods design, we analy...
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作者：Mangla, Akshay
作者单位：Harvard University
摘要：This article analyzes India's recent enactment of universal primary education. This programmatic policy change is puzzling given the clientelistic features of Indian democracy. Drawing on interviews and official documents, I demonstrate the catalytic role of committed state elites, who introduced incremental reforms over three decades. These officials operated beneath the political radar, layering small-scale initiatives on top of the mainstream school system. Following India's globalization i...
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作者：Thomann, Eva; Hupe, Peter; Sager, Fritz
作者单位：Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam; University of Bern
摘要：In recent decades, the introduction of market principles has transformed public service delivery into a hybrid. However, little is known about how these changes are reflected in the attitudes of private implementing agents: The hybridization literature neglects individuals, and street-level bureaucracy research has disregarded hybridization. This article extends Hupe and Hill's () accountability regimes framework to introduce the market as an additional accountability regime alongside state, p...
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作者：Welborne, Bozena
作者单位：Smith College
