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作者：Rom, MC
作者单位：Georgetown University
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作者：Goldmann, K
作者单位：Stockholm University
摘要：Skeptical questions may be raised about the neo-institutionalist approach of James G. March and Johan P. Olsen, in which a logic of expected consequences is set against a logic of appropriateness: (1) it is difficult to determine what kind of constructs the so-called logics are-whether they are to be seen as perspectives, theories, or ideal types; (2) the logics, far from being mutually excluding, overlap very considerably; (3) analytical utility is debatable not only in the case of the logic ...
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作者：Sager, F
作者单位：University of Bern
摘要：The article addresses the question of how different metropolitan institutional settings affect the quality of political negotiation processes and their subsequent policy decisions. Starting from the theoretical controversy of the two metropolitan reform traditions, two opposing ideal types of metropolitan government institutions are conceptualized: on the one hand the public choice model that stands for a decentralized, nonprofessional, and politically dependent administration in fragmented ur...
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作者：Quaglia, L
作者单位：University of Bristol
摘要：Building on theoretically oriented and empirically grounded research on two key macroeconomic institutions in Italy, this article explains how and why civil servants can engineer major policy changes, making a difference in a country's trajectory. Italy provides a challenging testing ground for this kind of analysis, as it is generally portrayed as a highly politicized system in which political parties and politicians fully control public policies. Three general lessons can be learned, the fir...
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作者：Cheung, ABL
作者单位：City University of Hong Kong
摘要：Many Asian governments have embarked on administrative reforms of one kind or another, engaging in rhetoric that resonates with the global paradigms of new public management and good governance. This article seeks to understand Asian administrative reforms against the background of international influence, policy diffusion, domestic politics, institutional dynamics, and administrative traditions and legacies. It is impossible to capture the whole range of national reform types within any neat ...
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作者：Veggeland, F; Borgen, SO
摘要：The article presents an empirical account of how the role, position, and perception of the intergovernmental food standardization body, Codex Alimentarius Commission, has changed after being referred to by the World Trade Organization (WTO) as the central reference point for the elaboration of international food standards. Both the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Agreement and the Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement include provisions that encourage WTO members to base their national reg...
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作者：Rom, MC
作者单位：Georgetown University
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作者：Pattberg, P
作者单位：Free University of Berlin
摘要：This article assesses the recent trend of cooperation among antagonistic private actors that results in the creation and implementation of issue-specific transnational norms and rules and the subsequent shift from public to private forms of governance. Many political scientists agree that authority also exists outside of formal political structures. Private actors increasingly begin to make their own rules and standards that acquire authority beyond the international system. This observation i...
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作者：Coen, D; Thatcher, M
作者单位：University of London; University College London; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
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作者：Kerwer, D
作者单位：Technical University of Munich
摘要：Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) are private nonmajoritarian regulators (NMRs) of international capital markets. Ratings of creditworthiness are ubiquitous in financial markets, and in this way they exercise considerable control over the flow of credit. CRAs entail a puzzle for the question of the legitimacy of global regulation. As profit seeking firms, they lack a formal element of coercion. Yet, CRAs are often criticized for wielding illegitimate power. Furthermore, the broad demand for accoun...
