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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: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...
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作者:Agranoff, R
作者单位:Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
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作者:Cho, CL; Wright, DS
作者单位:University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
摘要:The devolution revolution was a central issue in American intergovernmental relations in the 1990s. Judgments about the outcomes of intergovernmental policy changes varied among scholars of American federalism. Some argued that intergovernmental relations shifted substantially in the direction of devolution toward the states in the 1990s. Others were skeptical about the existence or degree of devolution during the decade. This essay examines shifts in state-national relations during the 1990s....
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作者:Gill, J; Waterman, RW
作者单位:University of California System; University of California Davis; University of Kentucky
摘要:How is it possible for presidents to secure real influence from political appointees if these individuals spend so little time on the job before leaving government service? Many empirical studies have noted that once appointees have learned how to do their job and have come to trust the civil servants in their agencies, they are ready to leave these posts. Yet this suggests a dysfunctional bureaucratic structure that apparently does not exist, for many studies also tell us that these same poli...