作者：Jimenez, Benedict S.
作者单位：Northeastern University
摘要：This study examines the relationship between managerial networking and the fiscal health of city governments in the United States that faced a serious budget crisis during and immediately after the Great Recession. Do public managers' ties with external stakeholders help improve the fiscal health of these cities? Or do these ties bind city officials to decisions that further exacerbate the fiscal difficulties of their governments? These questions are answered using data from a survey of munici...
作者：Worthy, Ben; John, Peter; Vannoni, Matia
作者单位：University of London; Birkbeck University London; University of London; University College London
摘要：How effective are systems of transparency, such as Freedom of Information (FOI) requests? The ambitious aims of FOI laws hinge on whether requests produce the desired information for the citizens or groups that use them. The question is whether such legally mandated requests work better than more informal mechanisms. Despite the high hopes of advocates, organizational routines, lack of awareness or resistance may limit legal access and public bodies may seek to comply minimally rather than beh...
作者：Headley, Andrea Marie
作者单位：State University System of Florida; Florida International University
