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作者：van der Voet, Joris
作者单位：Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC
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作者：Gerrish, Ed; Spreen, Thomas Luke
作者单位：University of South Dakota; Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
摘要：Several states monitor the fiscal health of their local governments by benchmarking them-using a suite of financial indicators to track performance over time. Benchmarking of public organizations can facilitate performance management, leading to the spread of best practices and improved organizational performance. It is also possible that benchmarking, absent other performance routines, could create isomorphic pressures that encourage local governments to adopt policies that converge performan...
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作者：Olsen, Asmus Leth
作者单位：University of Copenhagen
摘要：The question of what is good or poor performance is difficult to answer without applying a reference point-a standard for comparison. Citizens' evaluation of performance information will, therefore, tend to be guided by reference points. We test how reference points alter citizens' evaluation of organizational performance. In this article, drawing on Herbert Simon, we test how citizens use historical (internal) and social (external) reference points when making relative comparisons: how import...
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作者：Wood, Abby K.; Lewis, David E.
作者单位：University of Southern California; Vanderbilt University
摘要：In this article we evaluate the relationship between political control and bureaucratic performance using information requested by researchers via Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and Congress via congressional committee requests. The information requested was the same, and the timing of requests was similar. We find modest evidence of a relationship between agency politicization and a lack of responsiveness to requests for information from the public and Congress. Politicized agenci...
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作者：Kogan, Vladimir
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Ohio State University
摘要：Delegation of administrative authority is commonly thought to involve a tradeoff between the discretion necessary for bureaucratic effectiveness and democratic responsiveness. In many contexts, however, discretion and responsiveness go hand-in-hand: Street-level bureaucrats may adapt their behavior to accommodate local norms and values, even when implementing the identical statutory language. I argue that this type of bureaucratic adaptation can explain local variation in participation rates i...
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作者：Llorens, Jared J.
作者单位：Louisiana State University System; Louisiana State University
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作者：van den Berg, Caspar
作者单位：Leiden University - Excl LUMC; Leiden University
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作者：Hong, Sounman
作者单位：Yonsei University
摘要：This study examines the association between the degree to which a police force is ethnically representative of the population it serves and the force's engagement in racial profiling as a policing tactic. Evidence for this study comes from English and Welsh police forces that implemented force-specific recruitment targets for officers from ethnic minority backgrounds between 2000 and 2010. Results suggest that an increase in the proportion of ethnic minorities on a police force is significantl...
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作者：Klaster, Esther; Wilderom, Celeste P. M.; Muntslag, Dennis R.
作者单位：University of Twente
摘要：Regional networks have become popular routes for central governments to translate national ambitions into regional policies and actions; but these networks face challenges, having to balance between the dual objectives of obtaining short-term goals and establishing enduring network relations. This empirical article addresses the question as to whether there is any tension between these objectives, and if so, how can it be explained and managed. We report two studies on regional networks in the...
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作者：Piotrowski, Suzanne J.
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark
