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作者：Verweij, Stefan; Klijn, Erik-Hans; Edelenbos, Jurian; Van Buuren, Arwin
作者单位：Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam
摘要：Many studies have been conducted to determine the conditions that contribute to the satisfactory outcome of decision-making processes in governance networks. In this article, we explore how the interaction of three such conditions - network complexity, network management, and stakeholder involvement - results in stakeholder satisfaction. We use fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis - a relatively new approach in public administration research - to systematically compare the decision-makin...
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作者：Kwon, Osung
摘要：The theory of fiscal federalism asserts that fiscal decentralization increases government effectiveness, reduces government budgets, and reduces corruption when used as a means of government reform. However, counter-arguments have been made that such an approach has diverging effects according to the level of national development. We have attempted herein to carry out an empirical analysis to examine these theories. Data from 17 developed and 17 developing states were obtained in order to cond...
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作者：Toshkov, Dimiter
作者单位：Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC
摘要：Policy-making is embedded in politics, but an increasing number of issues, like obesity, tobacco control, or road safety, do not map well on the major dimensions of political conflict. This article analyzes the enactment of restrictions on smoking in bars and restaurants in 29 European countries-a conflictual issue which does not fit easily traditional party ideologies. Indeed, the comparative empirical analyses demonstrate that government ideological positions are not associated with the stri...
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作者：McCann, Leo
作者单位：University of Manchester
摘要：This symposium of Public Administration explores the impact of the Great Financial Crisis' (GFC) on public services provision and delivery. This introductory article discusses the political and media framing' and counter-framing' of what the GFC means for reforming public service bargains. The dominant frame is that service reform and cutbacks to provision are inevitable and unavoidable. This is contrasted with the counter-frame that the GFC is being used as cover' for ideologically driven' re...
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作者：Pluemper, Thomas; Neumayer, Eric
作者单位：University of Essex; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
摘要：Health policies seek to achieve conflicting objectives. We argue that the objective of saving lives is best served by a careful balancing of fairness and efficiency considerations. Open, fair, and equitable access to health care for all citizens will lower overall mortality rates by enabling the very poor and chronically ill to satisfy their demand for necessary health care. But it will also result in higher costs, not least by also increasing demand for irrelevant, unnecessary, and inefficien...
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作者：Rowe, Mike
作者单位：University of Liverpool
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作者：Caiden, Gerald E.
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作者：Dahlstrom, Carl; Niklasson, Birgitta
作者单位：University of Gothenburg
摘要：Previous research has described, theoretically and empirically, the negative consequences of a politicized civil service, recruited on political instead of professional merits. However, we know very little about what explains politicization, especially outside the context of the USA. This study reviews literature in the field and identifies three commonly used explanations that are then tested in a study of recruitment of agency heads in Sweden between 1960 and 2010. For this purpose, we colle...
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作者：O'Malley, Tom
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作者：Zahariadis, Nikolaos
作者单位：University of Alabama System; University of Alabama Birmingham
摘要：Applying a leadership-task perspective within the context of the Greek sovereign debt crisis (2009-12), the study finds that the imperatives of short-term crisis management conflict with the ability of Greek leaders to effectively implement long-term reforms. Electoral gains, crisis duration, centralized decision-making, and the degree of external actor involvement explain the choice between credible response and effective recovery. Despite beneficial effects, the activation of external stakeh...
