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作者：le Cointre, Sara
作者单位：Utrecht University
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作者：Kelly, Josie
作者单位：Aston University
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作者：Benson-Rea, Maureen; Shore, Cris
作者单位：University of Auckland; University of Auckland
摘要：Debate over 'loyalty transfer' in the European Union (EU) centres on the assumption that elite socialisation and 'spillover' processes lead inevitably to changes in the behaviour and identities of European officials. This article interrogates that notion by exploring how officials in the EU external delegations represent Europe. The Lisbon Treaty (2009) will transform the delegations in ways that are emblematic of the EU's evolution as a global actor. Drawing on empirical insights we examine t...
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作者：Jarl, Maria; Fredriksson, Anders; Persson, Sofia
作者单位：University of Gothenburg; University of Gothenburg; University of Gothenburg; University of Gothenburg
摘要：New Public Management (NPM) is one of the most significant reforms in public welfare in recent times. Making individual civil servants more dependent on the directions of the local manager than on common professional standards, previous sociological research argues that NPM results in a 'deprofessionalization' of civil servants. Taking a somewhat different approach, recent public administration research indicates that NPM may, at the same time, enhance the professional status of welfare manage...
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作者：Compagni, Amelia; Tediosi, Fabrizio
作者单位：Bocconi University
摘要：The article examines the implementation by the Italian Ministry of Health of performance-based funding to allocate resources for research to IRCCS (Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico) hospitals. The analysis provides evidence that ten years from its introduction the performance-based funding system has persisted, but it has been implemented rather differently from what had been imagined by its proponents. By drawing on the theoretical frameworks of policy implementation, agenc...
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作者：Natalini, Alessandro; Stolfi, Francesco
作者单位：Parthenope University Naples; University of Essex
摘要：This article applies a processual approach to the explanation of administrative reform in Italy over fifteen years. By carrying out a comparison between better regulation and digitalization policies it shows that the oscillation in the level of implementation over time and across policies can be explained by the intensity and direction of spillover and certification mechanisms and that in turn these mechanisms are activated by design features and contextual factors at different levels of analy...
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作者：Cole, Alistair
作者单位：Cardiff University
摘要：This article focuses upon the territorial challenges to the French state. There is a genuine policy puzzle in terms of how to join up separate agencies of the state that is far from unique to France. Introducing new evidence based on interviews with high ranking officials, politicians and representatives of territorial policy communities in 2010, the main body of the article focuses upon the two main territorial reforms of the Sarkozy presidency, the reform of the territorial state, and the lo...
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作者：O'Brien, Nick
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作者：Andrews, Rhys; Boyne, George
作者单位：Cardiff University
摘要：Organization theory suggests that structural change has disruptive effects on managerial behaviour and organizational outcomes, and that these effects are likely to emerge in the period between the announcement and the commencement of the new structure. We evaluate the validity of this argument by analysing the performance of English county councils in the transition period before the voluntary restructuring of a sub-set of these organizations. Disruptive effects are tested while controlling f...
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作者：Flinders, Matthew; Matthews, Felicity; Eason, Christina
作者单位：University of Sheffield; University of York - UK
摘要：Flowing out of wider debates regarding representative democracy, the diversity of political institutions has gained salience. Normatively, it is suggested that it is simply unfair for white, middle-aged males to dominate decision-making structures. Instead it has been argued that representative diversity can enhance the legitimacy of political institutions and processes, whilst improving the quality and inclusivity of policy-making. Although most of these arguments have been applied to elected...
