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作者:Carter, David P.; Heikkila, Tanya; Weible, Christopher M.
作者单位:Utah System of Higher Education; University of Utah; University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Denver
摘要:Among the policy instruments used to pursue social and environmental goals, voluntary programmes are seen as 'win-win' opportunities. Despite a sizeable literature documenting reasons individuals opt into voluntary programmes, little attention has been paid to why participants are motivated by certain reasons more than others. This article addresses this gap. Using data from a survey of organic producers in the United States Department of Agriculture's organic certification programme, we exami...
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作者:Van Witteloostuijn, Arjen; Boin, Arjen; Kofman, Celesta; Kuilman, Jeroen; Kuipers, Sanneke
作者单位:Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Leiden University - Excl LUMC; Leiden University; Tilburg University; Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC
摘要:Why do some public organizations survive for many decades, whereas others are terminated within a few years? This question of organizational survival has long intrigued public administration scholars. To explain longevity, public administration research has focused on organizational design features and adaptive capacities. The results have been inconclusive. This article explores an additional explanation for survival and demise: the density dependence theory as formulated in the field of orga...
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作者:Pedersen, Lene Holm; Pedersen, Rasmus T.; Bhatti, Yosef
作者单位:University of Copenhagen
摘要:While politicians' remuneration is a key issue in the relationship between citizens and politicians, there is still limited knowledge about the politicians' own views on this issue. This article investigates how politicians' attitudes regarding pay are affected by their motivation, political ideology and party position as well as institutional position. Using data from a survey among municipal politicians in Denmark (n = 838), our analyses suggest that politicians with different levels of extr...
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作者:Mele, Valentina; Cappellaro, Giulia
作者单位:Bocconi University
摘要:This article contributes to the understanding of inter-agency coordination among international organizations, conceived as international public administrations (IPAs). We adopt a practice-based approach to study the dilemmas of coordination across levels of government in the empirical setting of United Nations agencies involved in field-level development activities. Based on elite interviews in both pilot countries and agency headquarters, complemented by extensive archival analysis, we track ...
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作者:Cooper, Christopher A.
作者单位:University of Ottawa
摘要:Recruiting civil servants on the basis of merit is believed to improve the quality of governance because it increases the bureaucracy's expertise, leads bureaucrats to develop distinct preferences and encourages them to candidly voice their opinions to others. Yet, to date, the reason why merit recruitment positively affects employee voice remains theoretically vague and has received little empirical scrutiny. This article advances this research by theoretically specifying why merit recruitmen...