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作者:Deslatte, Aaron; Swann, William L.; Feiock, Richard C.
作者单位:Northern Illinois University; University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Denver; State University System of Florida; Florida State University
摘要:Local government managers face fundamental, value conflicts when they engage urban land use issues. Despite the planet's ongoing urbanization, managerial influence on land use policy remains an under-examined arena. Local governments are routinely asked to balance economic, ecological, and social equity concerns when making choices between alternative land use policy tools. Are local government sustainable development efforts more strategic, comprehensive, and inclusive than when led by profes...
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作者:Andersen, Simon Calmar
作者单位:Aarhus University
摘要:Studies of representative bureaucracy have shown how minority groups are often underrepresented in public agencies (passive representation) and that the match between bureaucrats' and clients' racial background has important impacts on minority groups (active representation). Much less attention has been devoted to the question of what influences this link from passive to active representation, and, in this case, what factors moderate how bureaucrats' demographic background transforms into att...
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作者:Destler, Katharine Neem
作者单位:Western Washington University
摘要:The effects of performance management-on organizational outcomes and, to a lesser extent, organizational behavior-have been widely studied. However, we know little about how organizations dominated by street-level bureaucrats respond to performance management reform. Focusing on one large urban school district that adopted performance management reforms in 2007, this article analyzes qualitative and quantitative data to understand how organizational climate shapes street-level bureaucrats' per...
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作者:Esmark, Anders
作者单位:University of Copenhagen
摘要:The article argues that recent decades of administrative policy and reform have led to the emergence of a late modern technocracy, defined by the intersecting ideas and principles of connective governance, risk management, and performance management. Connectivity, risk, and performance have remained consistent concerns across the various market-based and/or network-based alternatives to bureaucracy found in New Public Management (NPM) and post-NPM reforms. In contrast to the image of a flexibl...
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作者:Moldogaziev, Tima T.
作者单位:University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
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作者:Birdsall, Chris
作者单位:Boise State University
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作者:Jensen, Didde Cramer; Pedersen, Line Bjornskov
作者单位:Aarhus University; University of Southern Denmark
摘要:This article investigates whether the empathic abilities of street-level bureaucrats have an impact on their discretionary decision-making. The impact of empathic abilities on decision-making is considered an important research question, as our knowledge remains limited as to the importance of personal ability on decisions. The article further contributes to the field of street-level bureaucracy by conducting a discrete choice experiment, an approach highly suitable for examining discretionary...
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作者:Kogan, Vladimir; Lavertu, Stephane; Peskowitz, Zachary
作者单位:University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; Emory University
摘要:Direct democracy is often touted as a means of reining in the administrative state, but it could also hinder the performance of public organizations. In particular, we argue that bargaining dynamics between voters and government officials can lead to costly administrative disruptions. We explore this issue by estimating the impact of Ohio tax referenda on school district administration using a regression discontinuity approach. The results suggest that administrators in districts where referen...
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作者:Resh, William G.
作者单位:University of Southern California
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作者:Jensen, Laura S.
作者单位:Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
摘要:Since its founding, the American state has relied both upon what we now call traditional administration-public, hierarchical, and bureaucratic-and upon more privatized approaches to governance involving state and non-state actors and institutions in contractual relationships and networks. Studying past public-private governance schemes affords new opportunities to understand why, how, and under what circumstances state actors eschew direct public action in favor of boundary-spanning arrangemen...