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作者：Riccucci, NM; Meyers, MK
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
摘要：This research tests the theory of active representation in welfare offices. Relying on a model developed by Saltzstein, the research examines the linkage between social origins and attitudes or values, which are critical antecedents to actions and, ultimately, to policy outcomes. Survey data from eleven welfare offices across four states are relied upon to test for this linkage.
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作者：Krane, D; Ebdon, C; Bartle, J
作者单位：University of Nebraska System
摘要：Theories of fiscal federalism, such as those propounded by Musgrave, Tiebout, and Brennan and Buchanan, prescribe assignment of revenue sources among federal, state, and local governments. in this article, we demonstrate that the recent diversification of municipal revenue sources in response to devolutionary forces does not follow the expectations of the fiscal federalism theories. Our analysis suggests that the use of an institutional approach to the study of fiscal federalism would help to ...
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作者：Ates, H
摘要：This article explores the impact of public sector managerialism, and specifically the government's strategy of encouraging managers to adopt business values and associated behaviors, on cultural change in the Turkish health sector. The Turkish case provides a model of interdependence between managerial initiatives and cultural change, in that the government has tried to win over the hearts and minds of staff to a new attitude and style and has striven to overcome resistance from managers in a ...
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作者：Visser, JA
作者单位：Western Michigan University
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作者：Boyne, GA; Walker, RM
作者单位：Cardiff University
摘要：Existing classifications of organizational strategy have limited relevance to public agencies. They confuse strategy processes and strategy content, consist of simplistic taxonomies, and do not take sufficient account of the constraints faced by public organizations. in this article we attempt to remedy these problems by developing a strategy content matrix that comprises two dimensions: strategic stance (the extent to which an organization is a prospector, defender, or reactor) and strategic ...
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作者：Rogers, JD; Kingsley, G
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology
摘要：The development of the Internet has required the combined efforts of government agencies, universities, and private corporations. The system as we came to know it in the 1990s is to a great extent the result of the interaction of technical considerations and the peculiar interfaces among the public, private, and hybrid sectors. Yet the stories of the creation of the Internet by participants are largely of a system that sprung wholly from the private sector. In this study we explore the distanc...
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作者：Kettl, DF
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
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作者：Hefetz, A; Warner, M
作者单位：Technion Israel Institute of Technology; Cornell University
摘要：Empirical evidence shows local government contracting is a dynamic process that includes movements from public delivery to markets and from market contracts back to in-house delivery. This reverse contracting reflects the complexity of public service provision in a world where market alternatives are used along with public delivery. We develop a methodology to link responses to national surveys and create a longitudinal data set that captures the dynamics of the contracting process. We present...
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作者：Van Slyke, DM; Roch, CH
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia State University
摘要：Devolution and pressures from elected officials and citizens to reduce government involvement in service provision have increasingly led many public agencies to contract with nonprofits for service delivery. in this article we consider the effects of the changing institutional arrangements governing the delivery of publicly funded social services on citizens' satisfaction and ability to hold service providers accountable. Specifically, we consider whether citizens are able to accurately identi...
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作者：O'Toole, LJ Jr; Meier, KJ
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station
摘要：While there is considerable consensus on the importance of intergovernmental management for the performance of many public programs, theoretical work has been slow to develop, and systematic empirical research on the topic has been rare. This article explores intergovernmental management in the field of public education by testing parts of a model developed in earlier work. In an examination of many school districts over a multiyear period, the study focuses in particular on how structural fea...
