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作者:Dunlop, Claire A.
作者单位:University of Exeter
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作者:Elcock, Howard
作者单位:Northumbria University
摘要:Countries can and sometimes do copy the institutions and practices of other countries in order to address problems and issues that they have in common with them. The office of directly elected mayor has become an increasingly common feature of local government throughout the developed democracies, spreading from its largely American origins to a range of European states. This paper develops a matrix for the analysis of elected mayors in different countries using as its horizontal axis the form...
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作者:Fleming, Jenny
作者单位:University of Tasmania
摘要:What do we know about the work of a Police Commissioner? Using the example of Australia, this article provides a perspective of the working environment within which a Police Commissioner operates. The emphasis is on the Commissioner's office and how that office manages a constantly changing diary in an unpredictable and uncertain environment both internally and externally. Through an analysis of a workplace diary spanning five years, interviews and non-participation observation notes, the arti...
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作者:Jordan, Jan
作者单位:Victoria University Wellington
摘要:Despite recent reforms internationally, significant criticism has been levelled at police departments regarding their service delivery to crime victims, and particularly for the disbelieving and insensitive attitudes officers may display towards women reporting rape and sexual assault. Police responses are frequently influenced by negative judgements regarding the victim's dress, behaviour, and demeanour. These are flawed and 'imperfect' women - what right have they to expect 'perfect' treatme...
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作者:Kooiman, Jan
作者单位:Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC
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作者:Wallace, Mike; Schneller, Eugene
作者单位:Cardiff University; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
摘要:The metaphor of 'orchestration' is applied to an emergent change whereby developing different versions of a resource to solve local problems with managing hospitalized patient care in the USA became conceived as a nationwide innovation. A pluralistic framework incorporates Abbott's conception of a system of professions, a cultural and political perspective on interaction and the notion of 'orchestration' which is distinguished from leadership and management. Small-scale research in diverse set...
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作者:Birrell, Derek
作者单位:Ulster University
摘要:In terms of the configuration of structures and the distribution of functions for the delivery of public services, the final decisions on the Review of Public Administration in Northern Ireland encompass significant changes compared to those proposed in 2005. This article places that review in the context of a devolved system of public administration. It identifies four different phases of the review process which have had a differential impact on the predominant themes, principles and structu...
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作者:Jordan, Grant
作者单位:University of Aberdeen
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作者:Kaunert, Christian
作者单位:University of Salford
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作者:Fleming, Jenny
作者单位:University of Tasmania
摘要:This conversation about the merits of ethnography in police studies began at the 'Ethnography in Policing' panel at the Political Studies Association Conference held in Leeds in 2005. Subsequent correspondence and occasional one-to-one meetings led to this symposium.