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作者：Christensen, Jorgen Gronnegaard
作者单位：Aarhus University
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作者：Vifell, Asa Casula; Sjogren, Ebba
作者单位：Sodertorn University; Stockholm School of Economics
摘要：Using an example from the health-care sector, we illustrate consequences of implementing knowledge-based decision making relating to the exercise of political control. The Swedish Pharmaceutical Benefits Board decides the subsidization status of prescription pharmaceuticals. Building on a study of the agency's work, we explore the effects of institutional arrangements stemming from rationalistic demands for knowledgeable and justifiable outcomes related to political structures for control. Kno...
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作者：Fink, Simon
作者单位：Otto Friedrich University Bamberg
摘要：Qualitative studies suggest that the spread of privatization of public utilities is due to a change of the economic paradigm and institutional isomorphism pressures. However, current quantitative studies mostly account for domestic factors. These factors can explain differences in national privatization trajectories but cannot explain the large trend. Based on a quantitative analysis of privatizations in the telecommunications sector in 21 OECD countries, the article argues that emulation pres...
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作者：Aydinli, Ersel; Yoen, Hasan
作者单位：Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University
摘要：Studies of transgovernmental activities have enhanced our understanding of changing global politics, but their claims have not been fully investigated with respect to the security realm. Therefore, this article first acknowledges a gap between the practices and capacities of nonstate entities creating transnational threats and those of state-based agents of response. States' ability to respond to these threats has been questioned. Is this skepticism warranted or have states begun adapting and ...
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作者：Koelble, Thomas A.; LiPuma, Edward
作者单位：University of Cape Town; University of Miami
摘要：The global neoliberal economic and political order impregnated the emergence of democracy in South Africa. One of the hallmarks of this order is that the capacity of the state to transform society is constrained, particularly in the rural hinterlands. The incapacity of the state to extend its grip, both economically and politically, has provided traditional leaders with an opportunity to both recast themselves as intermediaries between state and society and elevate themselves to decision maker...
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作者：Lodge, Martin; Gill, Derek
作者单位：University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; Victoria University Wellington
摘要：This article explores the supposed shift from New Public Management (NPM) to a new era of post-NPM by looking at one critical case, New Zealand. It finds limited evidence of such a shift, suggesting that the wider literature needs to move to a more careful methodological treatment of empirical patterns. To contribute to such a move, this article applies a three-pronged approach to the study of changing doctrines in executive government. After setting out the broad contours of what NPM and post...
