作者：Kickert, WJM
作者单位：Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam
摘要：In many Western public administrations, particularly the American and Anglo-Saxon ones, a remarkable trend is taking place-the 'new public management' (Hood 1991). Many Western governments and public services are adopting a more 'managerial' approach to administration. Under conditions of heavy public demands but a severely constrained public budget, the only feasible alternative to cutting public services or raising taxes, seems to be to reduce costs, increase effectiveness and efficiency, an...
作者：Blom-Hansen, J
摘要：Policy networks is a powerful analytical concept. However, it must be combined with a model of the actor if the analyst is to move beyond description and into the more interesting field of policy explanation. This article argues that this may be done by the use of 'new institutionalism'. It first demonstrates that policy networks may be understood as institutions, i.e. as rules constraining the actions of the participating actors. It then outlines the contribution which institutional theory ma...
