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作者：Eberlein, Burkard; Radaelli, Claudio M.
作者单位：York University - Canada; University of Exeter
摘要：In this conceptual article, we explore mechanisms of conflict management in European Union (EU) regulatory policy-making. We build on J.G. March's distinction between aggregation and transformation as the two strategic options to deal with inconsistent preferences or identities that are at the source of social conflict. While this distinction is helpful in mapping conflict management mechanisms, the rigid association of these two options with the rival paradigms of rationalism and constructivi...
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作者：Lavoie, Josee; Boulton, Amohia; Dwyer, Judith
作者单位：Massey University; Flinders University South Australia
摘要：Contracting in health care is a mechanism used by the governments of Canada, Australia and New Zealand to improve the participation of marginalized populations in primary health care and improve responsiveness to local needs. As a result, complex contractual environments have emerged. The literature on contracting in health has tended to focus on the pros and cons of classical versus relational contracts from the funder's perspective. This article proposes an analytical framework to explore th...
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作者：T Hart, Paul
作者单位：Australian National University; Utrecht University
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作者：Boin, Arjen; Hart, Paul 'T; McConnell, Allan; Preston, Thomas
作者单位：Louisiana State University System; Louisiana State University; Louisiana State University System; Louisiana State University; Australian National University; University of Strathclyde; University of Sydney; Washington State University
摘要：Crisis management research has largely ignored one of the most pressing challenges political leaders are confronted with in the wake of a large-scale extreme event: how to cope with what is commonly called the blame game. In this article, we provide a heuristic to help understand political leader responses to blame in the aftermath of crises, emphasizing the crucial role of their leadership style on the political management of Inquiries. After integrating theoretical and empirical findings on ...
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作者：Toke, David
作者单位：University of Birmingham
摘要：Policy network analysis is criticized for being a 'heuristic' device, yet 'heuristic' methods may be essential to achieve detailed understandings of specific policy outcomes. Rational choice modelling alone cannot perform a similar function. This paper develops a 'heuristic' policy network approach that focuses on the analysis of actor resources. Changing contexts can alter the resource distributions of actors within a policy community. This can lead to new policy outcomes. Policy networks can...
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作者：Mele, Valentina; Compagni, Amelia
作者单位：Bocconi University
摘要：The approval (2003) and enforcement (2005) of a smoking ban in Italy have been viewed by many as an unexpectedly successful example of policy change. The present paper, by applying a processualist approach, concentrates on two policy cycles between 2000 and 2005. These had opposing outcomes: an incomplete decisional stage and an authoritative decision, enforced two years later. Through the analysis of the different phases of agenda setting, alternative specification and decision making, we hav...
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作者：McMurray, Robert
作者单位：Durham University
摘要：For over three decades public services have been the subject of unprecedented change. Nowhere has this been more evident than in the English National Health Service (NHS) where despite the effort expended on change there is growing evidence that such restructuring is largely ineffective. Drawing on a study of culture modification in the English NHS, this paper utilizes Chia's (1999) account of the metaphysics of processual change to consider why attempts to restructure public services are not ...
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作者：Bax, Charlotte; de Jong, Martin; Koppenjan, Joop
作者单位：Delft University of Technology
摘要：In the early 1990s, in order to improve road safety in The Netherlands, the Institute for Road Safety Research (SWOV) developed an evidence-based 'Sustainable Safety' concept. Based on this concept, Dutch road safety policy, was seen as successful and as a best practice in Europe. In The Netherlands, the policy context has now changed from a sectoral policy setting towards a fragmented network in which safety is a facet of other transport-related policies. In this contribution, it is argued th...
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作者：Corley, Elizabeth A.; Sabharwal, Meghna
作者单位：Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
摘要：Previous studies have confirmed the interdisciplinary nature of the field of public administration (Mosher 1956; Ventriss 1991; Forrester 1996; Rodgers and Rodgers 2000; Schroeder et al. 2004) and encouraged the exploration of one important indicator of interdisciplinarity: research collaboration. One way that collaboration patterns are explored is through the study of co-authorship among faculty members (Smart and Bayer 1986; Forrester 1996; Katz and Martin 1997). In the field of public admin...
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作者：Lonsdale, Chris; Kirkpatrick, Ian; Hoque, Kim; de Ruyter, Alex
作者单位：University of Birmingham; University of Leeds; University of Nottingham; University of West Scotland
摘要：The worldwide expansion in the use of private firms to deliver public services and infrastructure has promoted a substantial literature on public sector contract and relationship management. This literature is currently dominated by the notion that supplier relationships should be based upon trust. Less prominent are more sceptical approaches that emphasize the need to assiduously manage potential supplier exploitation and opportunism. This article addresses this imbalance by focusing upon the...
