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作者:Bate, SP; Robert, G
作者单位:University of London; University College London
摘要:The National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales has embarked upon a radical and far-reaching programme of change and reform. However, to date the results of organizational quality and service improvement initiatives in the public sector have been mixed, if not to say disappointing, with anticipated gains often failing to materialize or to be sustained in the longer term. This paper draws on the authors' recent extensive research into one of the principal methodologies for bringing about...
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作者:Bauer, MW
摘要:This article analyses the 'partnership principle' - which is of particular importance for multilevel governance interpretations of European integration - as it evolved in EU regional policy-making. After sketching in the crucial analytical lines of the current debate on 'partnership' on the example of the implementation of the EU structural policy in Germany, I examine how it functions. A closer look at two important sub-fields of 'partnership' - 'societal participation' and 'policy evaluation...
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作者:Ling, T
摘要:In the UK, joined-up government (JUG) was a central part of the first Blair government's programme for public sector reform. It remains a pivotal, if more muted, feature of the second term. We will identify the range of disparate activities that have been branded as 'joined up'. We then look at the variety of official guidance coming from the centre of government to highlight the overlapping and competing strategies that underpinned the implementation of joined-up government. Various competing...