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作者：Halpin, Darren R.; Thomas, H. F., III
作者单位：Aarhus University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
摘要：This article probes the variation in the breadth of policy engagement among organized interests. The literature, heavily shaped by large-n US studies of Washington and its lobbying system, suggests many reasons for organized interests to focus policy engagement relatively narrowly. This claim of policy specialization has been long repeated in the British public policy literature. The aim of this article is to empirically test the extent to which expectations of narrowed engagement hold in a UK...
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作者：Masters, Adam; 't Hart, Paul
作者单位：Australian National University; Utrecht University
摘要：Triggered by the collapse of the US mortgage market, the global financial crisis (GFC) of 200708 hit most of the Western world hard and fast, presenting governments and citizens with a set of stark, undeniable and immediate realities. This article examines the attempts of three prime ministers Gordon Brown in the UK, Brian Cowen in Ireland and Kevin Rudd in Australia to meet the key leadership challenge set up by the GFC: to publicly assess, explain and account for the GFC and the accompanying...
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作者：Tummers, Lars; Steijn, Bram; Bekkers, Victor
作者单位：Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC
摘要：The willingness of public professionals to implement policy programmes is important for achieving policy performance. However, few scholars have developed and tested systematic frameworks to analyze this issue. In this study, we address this by building and testing an appropriate framework. The aims have been: (1) to build a three-factor model (policy content, organizational context, and personality characteristics) for explaining willingness to implement policies; and (2) to quantitatively te...
