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作者：Ongaro, Edoardo
作者单位：Northumbria University
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作者：Russell, Meg; Cowley, Philip
作者单位：University of London; University College London; University of Nottingham
摘要：Drawing on several large research projects, and using both quantitative and qualitative evidence, this article assesses the policy influence of the Westminster parliament. Frequently dismissed as powerless in both academic and more popular accounts, we instead show evidence of an institution with significant policy influence, at successive stages of the policy process. Conventional accounts have focused too much on the decision-making stage, to the exclusion of parliament's role at earlier and...
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作者：Lewis, Charles
作者单位：American University
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作者：Erdag, Ramazan
作者单位：Eskisehir Osmangazi University
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作者：Dommett, Katharine; Maccarthaigh, Muiris; Hardiman, Niamh
作者单位：University of Sheffield; Queens University Belfast; University College Dublin
摘要：Conventional understandings of what the Westminster model implies anticipate reliance on a top-down, hierarchical approach to budgetary accountability, reinforced by a post-New Public Management emphasis on recentralizing administrative capacity. This article, based on a comparative analysis of the experiences of Britain and Ireland, argues that the Westminster model of bureaucratic control and oversight itself has been evolving, hastened in large part due to the global financial crisis. Gover...
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作者：Agasisti, Tommaso
作者单位：Polytechnic University of Milan
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作者：Lindquist, Evert A.; Eichbaum, Chris
作者单位：University of Victoria; Victoria University Wellington
摘要：By 2015 concern had emerged about the trajectory of Canada's Westminster model and the state of democratic governance under successive Harper governments, particularly with respect to transparency and relationships with public servants, which among other things led to the election of the Trudeau government in October 2015. This article compares these developments with the wholesale reform experiences in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. We consider not only the evolving bargains ...
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作者：Weller, Patrick; Haddon, Catherine
作者单位：Griffith University
摘要：This article analyzes what the Westminster system actually means for civil services in historical context and contemporary practice. It explores the way in which practitioners, both politicians and civil servants, interpreted Westminster's implications and used them as justification, defense, and sometimes camouflage for their administrative choices in a range of jurisdictions. The article then uses the example of senior appointments to show why these nuanced interpretations are significant. I...
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作者：Peiffer, Caryn; Alvarez, Linda
作者单位：University of Birmingham; California State University System; California State University Northridge
摘要：Many anticorruption campaigns aim to encourage citizens to demand better control over corruption. Recent literature suggests that perceived high levels of corruption and government effectiveness in controlling corruption will limit citizens' willingness to actively oppose corruption. Using Transparency International's 2013 Global Corruption Barometer, we test these ideas across a 71-country sample. We find that perceived government effectiveness tends to encourage anticorruption civic action, ...
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作者：Daugbjerg, Carsten; Swinbank, Alan
作者单位：Australian National University; University of Copenhagen; University of Reading
摘要：The study of policy reform has tended to focus on single-stage reforms taking place over a relatively short period. Recent research has drawn attention to gradual policy changes unfolding over extended periods. One strategy of gradual change is layering, in which new policy dimensions are introduced by adding new policy instruments or by redesigning existing ones to address new concerns. The limited research on single-stage policy reforms highlights that these may not endure in the postenactme...
