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作者：Balla, Steven J.
作者单位：George Washington University
摘要：In recent years, the accessibility and transparency of administrative procedures have attracted the attention of researchers and policymakers in the United States. This article investigates the accessibility and transparency of a particularly important administrative procedure, the notice and comment process. The article presents a theoretical account of the operation of political control and bureaucratic discretion in two aspects of the notice and comment process - the duration of comment per...
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作者：Fredriksson, Magnus; Schillemans, Thomas; Pallas, Josef
作者单位：University of Gothenburg; Utrecht University; Uppsala University
摘要：This article seeks to explain why the media affect some governmental agencies more than others. We develop a measuring instrument for the mediatization of agencies; gauging how they adapt to the media. We analyse the effects of six potential explanations of mediatization: media pressure, organizational size and task, salience, geographic location, and management structure. The analysis is based on a comprehensive quantitative contents analysis of policy documents from all governmental agencies...
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作者：Lundin, Martin; Oberg, Perola; Josefsson, Cecilia
作者单位：Uppsala University
摘要：Do local governments learn from their successful peers when designing public policies? In spite of extensive research on policy diffusion and learning, there is still a lack of studies on how success relates to learning patterns. We address this deficiency by examining which other governments local administrative units draw lessons from. More precisely, we investigate whether public managers learn from the experiences of local governments whose citizens are satisfied with government services. ...
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作者：Painter, Chris
作者单位：Birmingham City University
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作者：Van Dooren, Wouter; Voets, Joris; Winters, Sien
作者单位：University of Antwerp; Ghent University; KU Leuven
摘要：The autonomy of implementing agencies often seems to trigger reregulation of those agencies. Reregulation has two dimensions: the layering of different control mechanisms and the growth of the rules within those layers. Using a case study of social housing in Belgium, we explain the tendency to reregulate once autonomy is provided. We attribute the layering of rules to a conflict regarding oversight between the established legal profession and an ascending management profession. Crozier's vici...
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作者：van der Heijden, Jeroen
作者单位：Australian National University; University of Amsterdam
摘要：Voluntary Environmental Programmes (VEPs) have become increasingly popular in addressing environmental risks. While VEPs have attracted much scholarly attention, little is known about how they achieve their outcomes. This article seeks to better understand whether and how the roles of governments in VEPs affect their outcomes in terms of (1) attracting participants, and (2) their contribution to a desired collective end. Using fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), this article ad...
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作者：Catino, Maurizio
作者单位：University of Milano-Bicocca
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作者：Cole, Michael
作者单位：University of Liverpool
摘要：This article considers non-legislative committee scrutiny at the Northern Ireland Assembly. The core question is: How is such committee scrutiny diminished through the consociational/power-sharing context? The question is assessed in terms of three phases - selection, obtaining evidence, and evaluative - and through eight specific claims. Consideration is also given to the context of the absence of a formal opposition, ways in which politicians can circumvent consociational constraints, and co...
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作者：Gerrits, Lasse; Marks, Peter
作者单位：Otto Friedrich University Bamberg; Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC
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作者：Hovik, Sissel; Hanssen, Gro Sandkjaer
作者单位：Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet)
摘要：In order to meet the challenges of an increasingly fragmented public sector and severe wicked problems, network structures have become an important part of contemporary public administration. Thus, managing networks is a central concern for public managers. The article focuses on networks being established in Norway in accordance with the EU Water Framework Directive. The mandatory networks consist of actors representing different levels of government and several policy sectors, having highly ...
