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作者：Morrell, Kevin
作者单位：University of Birmingham
摘要：The paper examines the control of power, using an account of the public good developed from Aristotle. It identifies three different perspectives on the relationship between governance (the control of power) and the public good: a 'cybernetic' perspective, an 'axiological' perspective, and a perspective of 'critique'. This framework offers a way to scrutinize the exercise of power, and to evaluate the linkages between a political administration and its citizenry. To evaluate an administration'...
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作者：Landwehr, Claudia
摘要：One of the challenges awaiting health care systems around the world is the containment of expenses in the face of exploding costs for new drugs and treatments. In most countries, the allocation of health care has not been politicized so far and the problem is still treated as a purely regulative one. However, there is increasing interest in the procedures used for priority-setting. The paper argues that while normative standards for their evaluation are desirable, more attention should be paid...
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作者：Marsh, David; Toke, David; Belfrage, Claes; Tepe, Daniela; McGough, Sean
作者单位：Australian National University; University of Birmingham; Swansea University; University of East London
摘要：Unsurprisingly, a great deal has been written about the role of interest groups in contemporary societies. Here, we focus on two sets of concepts that have had influence in the UK literature: the distinction between 'insider' and 'outsider' groups originally developed by Grant (1978, 2000); and the classification of policy networks developed by Marsh and Rhodes (1992; see also Marsh and Smith 2000). We have two aims in this article. First, we use these concepts to consider the role of the Coun...
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作者：Walker, Richard M.; Boyne, George A.
作者单位：University of Hong Kong; University of Hong Kong; Cardiff University
摘要：The performance of public organizations is one of the key topics in public administration research and practice. This topic was examined at the 'The Determinants of Performance in Public Organizations II' conference held at the University of Hong Kong in December 2006. The conference was held in association with the Public Management Research Association. In the present symposium we introduce four of the articles presented at conference. The articles explore: network performance (Kenis and Pro...
