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作者：Bastida, Francisco; Benito, Bernardino
作者单位：University of Murcia
摘要：From an international perspective, a relationship between public sector transparency and better economic and social outcomes is something that is increasingly acknowledged. In terms of lack of transparency in budget reports both bureaucratic model and fiscal illusion theory have been argued as explanations. To assess transparency in budget practices we analyse to what extent a sample of 41 countries are meeting OECD requirements according to its Best Practices for Budget Transparency document ...
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作者：Erridge, Andrew
作者单位：Ulster University
摘要：This paper analyses the regulatory, commercial and socio-economic goals underlying UK public procurement policy, highlighting the conflicts inherent between them and arguing that there is an overemphasis on commercial goals. A critique of the market model leads to consideration of the utility of the 'public value' concept as a means of assessing the achievement of public procurement goals in a balanced way through a greater emphasis on public consultation and the impacts and outcomes of procur...
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作者：Duit, Andreas
作者单位：Stockholm University; Stockholm University
摘要：Theory-independent measures of institutional change can be developed by identifying and tracking changes in institutional reproduction mechanisms. Such measures can then be used to assess the empirical validity of theoretical models of institutional change. This article performs an analysis of reproduction mechanisms in a case study of a Swedish institution for emission control during the period 1960-2000. The analysis reveals the existence of a highly path dependent institutional development,...
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作者：Maor, Moshe
作者单位：Hebrew University of Jerusalem
摘要：This article presents a model that introduces a scientific 'gold' standard as a reputation protection mechanism operating alongside an agency's legal independence. It tries to gauge which of the two is less susceptible to political moves. The model suggests that the scientific 'gold' standard for agency decisions is less susceptible to political moves because of its important role as a legitimating device for both government ministers and regulators. Government ministers are able to address mu...
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作者：Sager, Fritz
作者单位：University of Bern
摘要：This article assesses the effects different constellations of science, administration and the political sphere display on the policy process in the field of alcohol prevention policy in the Swiss member states. First, it is argued that Habermas' models of Decisionism, Technocracy, and Pragmatism can be interpreted as distinct modes of governance that take place in today's policy-making and implementation. Second, as for the effects of these different constellations of science, administration a...
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作者：Pina, Vicente; Torres, Lourdes; Royo, Sonia
作者单位：University of Zaragoza
摘要：This paper conducts an empirical study about the effect of e-government on transparency, openness and, hence, accountability in 15 countries of the EU. Thus the effects examined cover over 84 per cent of EU population. The population also represents the different types of public administration styles that exist in Western developed countries. The paper compares the development and sophistication of 318 government web sites at sub-national level and tests the impact of contextual and organizati...
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作者：Sorensen, Rune J.
作者单位：BI Norwegian Business School
摘要：Corporate governance theory suggests that companies with dispersed and indirect ownership suffer from agency costs. A worst case is where several political authorities jointly own a company, which allows managers to operate with inferior efficiency. In political economy, the manager is not the major agency problem. Elected politicians may impair efficiency to improve their re-election prospects. Since politicians have less influence in jointly owned firms, such companies are expected to perfor...
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作者：Laffan, Brigid; O'Mahony, Jane
作者单位：University College Dublin; University of Kent
摘要：This article analyses the management of European Union (EU) business by the Irish core executive. More specifically, it investigates the demands placed by EU membership on the Irish system of public administration and how the system has responded to these demands. Employing an institutionalist analytical framework, the article maps the formal and informal organizational and procedural devices or structures used to manage EU affairs in Ireland, as well as dissecting the key relationships that g...
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作者：Fink-Hafner, Danica
作者单位：University of Ljubljana
摘要：Scholarly research into Estonia, Hungary and Slovenia has shown that the idiosyncrasies of the new EU countries (especially with respect to institutionalizing and centralizing the co-ordination of core executives in managing EU affairs at home) persist. They are complemented by trends toward convergence (such as growing co-ordination efforts and a common tendency: that of the prime minister to be the centre of co-ordination). In this article external Europeanization pressures, national adminis...
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作者：Ackroyd, Stephen; Kirkpatrick, Ian; Walker, Richard M.
作者单位：Lancaster University; University of Leeds; University of Hong Kong; Cardiff University
摘要：It is often assumed in the literature on public management reforms that radical changes in values, work and organization have occurred or are under way. In this paper our aim is to raise questions about this account. Focusing on three services in the UK, each dominated by organized professions - health care, housing, and social services - significant variations in the effectiveness of reforms are noted. The available research also suggests that these outcomes have been inversely proportional t...
