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作者：Liu, Xinsheng; Stoutenborough, James; Vedlitz, Arnold
作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Idaho State University
摘要：Classic theory on bureaucracy suggests that one primary source of bureaucratic power in public administration and the policy-making process derives from bureaucratic issue-specific expertise. Studies in psychology and behavioral economics suggest that experienced experts tend to be overconfident in estimating their expertise, but few researchers have examined whether experienced bureaucrats are prone to overconfidence and, if so, how overconfidence may correlate with their policy choice. Drawi...
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作者：Fisk, Kylie; Cherney, Adrian
作者单位：University of Queensland
摘要：Rebuilding institutional legitimacy is considered essential for stability in postconflict societies, yet the factors that influence citizen perceptions of legitimacy in this context remain underresearched. In this article, we examine citizen evaluations of government legitimacy in terms of instrumental antecedents (service delivery, distributive justice) and procedural antecedents (procedural justice, voice), using data collected in the context of a nationwide study of postconflict governance ...
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作者：Fritzen, Scott A.
作者单位：University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
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作者：Cox, Robert Henry
作者单位：University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia
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作者：Harrison, Mark
作者单位：University of Warwick
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作者：Zhi, Qiang; Pearson, Margaret M.
作者单位：Central University of Finance & Economics; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
摘要：Portrayals of China's bureaucratic behavior tend to emphasize either streamlined central control via top-down directives emanating from a Leninist system, or a highly fragmented organization characterized by continuous horizontal bargaining. While both views have merit, they miss important but little-recognized dynamics of Chinese bureaucratic behavior. Examination of the 30-year evolution of a single organization, China's 863 Program, allows us a unique look inside the black box of decision m...
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作者：Guinn, David E.; Straussman, Jeffrey D.
作者单位：State University of New York (SUNY) System; University at Albany, SUNY; State University of New York (SUNY) System; University at Albany, SUNY
摘要：Critics of donor-funded democracy promotion claim that these programs are frequently designed to reproduce social and governmental models drawn from developed countries and imposed on the recipient country without regard to local conditions, with experts parachuted in to provide guidance based on international best practices. The critique focuses on first-generation development with a neutral, technical focus, whereas democracy promotion has evolved toward a more politically engaged approach t...
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作者：Nielsen, Poul A.; Moynihan, Donald P.
作者单位：University of Southern Denmark; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
摘要：A core task for elected officials is to hold bureaucratic leaders responsible, but how do they determine if public managers actually influence outcomes? We propose that partisan and leadership heuristics affect how politicians apply a logic of individualized responsibility, that is, focus on individual bureaucrats rather than situational factors to explain organizational outcomes. We match survey data of local elected officials in Denmark with individual partisan variables and objective perfor...
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作者：Caiden, Gerald E.
作者单位：University of Southern California
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作者：D'Arcy, Michelle; Nistotskaya, Marina
作者单位：Trinity College Dublin; University of Gothenburg
摘要：This article presents a theoretical argument of how and why democratization at different levels of state capacity matters for public goods provision and subjects the argument to empirical tests. Building on rational choice theories of public goods production, we argue that credible enforcement before credible commitmentdemocratizing after the state has acquired high levels of state capacityleads to a more efficient social order than the opposite sequence. Using a theoretically grounded and nov...
