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作者：'t Hart, Paul
作者单位：Utrecht University; Utrecht University
摘要：Triggered by the recent inquiries into the Fukushima nuclear disaster, this article reflects on the challenges of developing and operating risk regulation and crisis management regimes in an era of highly complex and tightly interconnected socio-technical systems. These challenges are not just technical and professional but fundamentally institutional and cultural. The article identifies three key paradoxes and challenges of contemporary risk and crisis management, signals a range of recurrent...
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作者：Daviter, Falk
作者单位：University of Potsdam
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作者：Luis Zafra-Gomez, Jose; Prior, Diego; Plata Diaz, Ana Maria; Lopez-Hernandez, Antonio M.
作者单位：University of Granada; Autonomous University of Barcelona
摘要：The current economic crisis is increasingly affecting the public sector, requiring stricter control of deficits, and local administrations are not exempt from these requirements. Therefore, it is essential to consider management forms that may produce cost savings in the provision of public services. In this article we propose an evaluation of municipal waste collection and disposal services to determine whether single/joint or public/private municipal service provision, together with other fa...
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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：Rowe, Mike
作者单位：University of Liverpool
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作者：Menahem, Gila; Stein, Rona
作者单位：Tel Aviv University
摘要：A major argument of this paper is that to enhance the theoretical value of the concept of governance one must focus on how governance networks operate and with what outcomes. To that end, the paper offers a typology of governance-network capacity (GNC). Network capacity is assessed on a continuum from low to high, on the basis of four abilities of public actors: to select non-public collaborators, determine the goals of the network, exercise professional discretion, and recruit new resources. ...
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作者：Dorey, Pete
作者单位：Cardiff University
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作者：Laffin, Martin
作者单位：University of London; Queen Mary University London
摘要：This article questions the orthoxody that government has been eclipsed by governance and uses the reform of English social housing tenancies as a critical test of governance theory. The preconditions for governance exist in social housing as its delivery has been largely removed from local authorities and disaggregated into a multiplicity of non-profit housing associations. Yet, contrary to the implications of governance theory, central policymakers have maintained their ascendancy over centra...
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作者：O'Brien, Dave
作者单位：City St Georges, University of London
摘要：In light of the Coalition government's plans to consider new and radical approaches to public service provision', this paper discusses the decision making process within central government and argues central government's response to the crisis reflects ongoing trends in Whitehall. The paper explores these trends using sport policy, Free Swimming and the Educational Maintenance Allowance. These funding decisions show the continued power of the Treasury within Whitehall and the extension of the ...
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作者：Andrews, Rhys; Boyne, George; O' Toole, Larry; Meier, Kenneth; Walker, Richard
作者单位：Cardiff University; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; City University of Hong Kong
摘要：This study explores how English local governments managed high levels of worker migration from Eastern Europe in the wake of the enlargement of the European Union in 2004. Theories of local government capacity suggest that strong central administration and vibrant community organizational life can increase the likelihood that public service performance will be maintained despite sudden shifts in the external environment. We explore the interactive effects of immigration and administrative and ...
