作者:Ryan, N
摘要:Models of policy implementation have been characterized by a tension between 'bottom-up' and 'top-down' approaches to public sector management. In recent years, this literature moved into 'third generation' in attempting to unify implementation analysis. One recent approach at consolidating key elements of 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' literature has been provided by Soren Winter. This article applies Winter's model to two longitudinal studies of industry programmes in Australia. This analysis su...
作者:Pratchett, L; Wingfield, M
摘要:Most discussions of the public service ethos (PSE) have offered polemical accounts of how recent reforms have eroded the distinguishing values of public servants without ever defining this ethos or considering its relationship to other aspects of the public sector. This article considers the deeper and more structural implications of the PSE by characterizing it as a political institution that shares the features of 'new institutionalism'. It concentrates upon the PSE as it manifests itself in...