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作者：Holmgren, Mikael
作者单位：University of Oslo; University of Gothenburg
摘要：Assuring successful delegation from elected representatives to unelected bureaucrats is an essential part of contemporary democratic governance and, to do so, politicians typically rely on administrative institutions that limit the feasible set of policies that bureaucrats can pursue. In this article, I suggest that precisely because administrative institutions are instruments of political control, partisan conflict over public policies often generates partisan conflict over institutional arra...
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作者：Mead, Kristi Andrasik Joseph W.
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Cleveland State University
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作者：Riccucci, Norma M.; Van Ryzin, Gregg G.; Jackson, Karima
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; Rutgers University New Brunswick
摘要：Employing a theoretical framework of symbolic representation, our study examines whether varying the representation of black police officers in local agencies influences how black and white citizens judge the agency's performance, trustworthiness, and fairness in terms of civilian complaints of police misconduct. We use an online survey experiment in which we vary the representation of black officers in a hypothetical police department and also vary the agency's complaints of police misconduct...
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作者：Baekgaard, Martin; George, Bert
作者单位：Aarhus University; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam
摘要：Although a voluminous literature on representative bureaucracy and minority discrimination suggests that characteristics other than qualifications influence hiring decisions, little is known about whether this also pertains to the top positions in political-administrative organizations. To shed light on this question, we ask how candidate ethnicity, gender, and age affect the recruitment preferences among politicians regarding the candidates for top administrative positions. Our study uses a s...
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作者：Pedersen, Mogens Jin; Stritch, Justin M.; Thuesen, Frederik
作者单位：Aarhus University; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
摘要：Many public welfare programs give public employees discretionary authority to dispense sanctions when clients do not follow or comply with the policies and procedures required for receiving welfare benefits. Yet research also shows that public employees' use of discretion in decision-making that affects clients can occasionally be marked by racial biases and disparities. Drawing on the Racial Classification Model (RCM) for a theoretical model, this article examines how client ethnicity shapes ...
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作者：Teodoro, Manuel P.; An, Seung-Ho
作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Texas Tech University System; Texas Tech University
摘要：Government agencies carry reputations in the public imagination. Agency names, images, and icons help form a brand that conveys information about that agency's competency in a given area of public policy. This article brings the concept of consumer-based brand equity from business marketing to public administration research on agency reputation. Like their commercial counterparts, public organizations may enjoy positive brand equity that provides political leverage and facilitates effective ma...
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作者：Kaufmann, Wesley
作者单位：Tilburg University
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作者：Song, Miyeon; Meier, Kenneth J.
作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; American University; Cardiff University
摘要：Performance assessment is a central issue for modern governments; however, little attention has been paid to the similarities and differences among various performance indicators. This study investigates how different performance assessments relate to each other by incorporating multiple stakeholders' perspectives on performance at the individual level. Combining three different surveys and archival data on secondary education, we analyze how academic performance indicators are associated with...
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作者：Jilke, Sebastian; Van Dooren, Wouter; Rys, Sabine
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; University of Antwerp; University of Antwerp
摘要：Public services are often provided in markets where both public and private providers operate. Irrespective of ownership status, public services ought to be accessible regardless of clients' race, gender, ethnicity, or age. However, as theories of statistical discrimination and cream skimming suggest, market-based incentives may lead service providers to focus on nonminority clients because they perceive them as easier-to-serve and therefore less costly. This may lead to discrimination and hen...
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作者：Porumbescu, Gregory A.
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark
