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作者：Boin, Arjen; Kuipers, Sanneke; Steenbergen, Marco
作者单位：Louisiana State University System; Louisiana State University; Utrecht University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC; Leiden University; University of Bern
摘要：Why do some public organizations grow old and others die young? Since Herbert Kaufman first posed this question, considerable research has been devoted to answering it. The findings of that research suggest that the design of new public organizations affects, to a significant degree, their survival chances. In this article, we test whether and how design factors affected the durability of the so-called New Deal organizations initiated under FDR's first term. Our findings confirm that design fa...
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作者：Moloney, Kim
作者单位：University West Indies Mona Jamaica; University West Indies Saint Augustine; American University
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作者：Raudla, Ringa
作者单位：Tallinn University of Technology
摘要：This article examines the evolution of budgetary institutions in Estonia between 1993 and 2008, with a main focus on rules governing the preparation, adoption, and implementation of the state budget. It discusses the initial choice of budgetary institutions in 1993 and subsequent developments in the light of theoretical propositions put forth by the fiscal governance literature. The case of Estonia poses a number of puzzles, and the article seeks to explain the institutional choices in Estonia...
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作者：Came, Timothy; Campbell, Colin
作者单位：University of British Columbia; University of Sydney
摘要：Drawing upon interviews with 69 defense policymakers and close observers, this article develops an extrapolation-oriented case study of Donald Rumsfeld's campaign to transform the development of the U.S. Defense Department's future capabilities. This reform effort, launched by President George W. Bush during his first presidential campaign, encountered difficulties in developing and promoting the content of the proposed transformation and in executing it. Following Eugene Bardach's work on ins...
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作者：Schroeder, Larry
作者单位：Syracuse University
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作者：Bassoli, Matteo
作者单位：Bocconi University
摘要：This article carries a broad definition of public-private concertation as a flexible form of governance that is able to overcome the distinction between network governance and participatory governance. It creates a unified framework relying on a process-related democratic approach in order to properly assess these practices in their democratic outcomes. This allows the article to fully depict how local governance arrangements affect local democracy, both positively and negatively. Drawing on f...
