作者:Kleizen, Bjorn; Verhoest, Koen; Wynen, Jan
作者单位:University of Antwerp; Tilburg University
摘要:Through recurrent structural reform programmes governments are on a quest to design public organizations that will stand the test of their environment. One of the approaches to uncertain or sensitive issues has been to create various forms of (semi-)autonomous organizations with substantial strategic discretion. However, while governments repeatedly experiment with designs, one might simultaneously expect that such interference through repeated structural change may limit the degree of strateg...
作者:Wolf, Eva E. A.; Van Dooren, Wouter
作者单位:University of Antwerp; University of Antwerp
摘要:This article argues that the efforts of policy-makers to avoid conflict in the short run can be counterproductive in the long run. Not only may policy-makers fail to reap the benefits of conflicts when they try to steer clear, but conflict may actually increase rather than diminish. We study conflict through the conceptual lens of (de)politicization in the lengthy and highly contested policy-making process over the multibillion-euro Oosterweelconnection' highway in Antwerp (Belgium). An in-dep...
作者:Overeem, Patrick
作者单位:Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam