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作者：HOOD, C
摘要：This article briefly examines five subfields of the public administration literature in the context of the major changes which have occurred in each of those fields since the 1940s. Major changes include: the alleged shift to 'globalization' affecting comparative public administration; the spread of 'economic rationalism' in policy analysis; the new wave of 'managerialism' affecting the study of the public service; the transformation of administrative technique by 'informatization'; and the ri...
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作者：PAGE, EC
摘要：According to a strict definition, comparative public administration in Britain is relatively undeveloped. However, once the definition is relaxed it is possible to see that scholars in the British Isles make a substantial contribution to the field. This contribution can be examined under four headings; single country studies, juxtapositions, thematic comparisons and causal explanations. While causal explanation must remain as one major objective of comparative study, such explanations are prob...
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作者：BOYETT, I; FINLAY, D
作者单位：Coventry University
摘要：The recent changes in the UK National Health Service were heralded by the publication of the Griffiths report in 1983 which highlighted the need for a 'business-like' approach to management. The policy makers' generic strategy of the late 1980s and early 1990s centred around the concept of 'quasi-markets'. These were artificial internal markets encompassing the purchasers and providers of public services. Little research has been undertaken into this new phenomenon of the 'quasi-market' but en...
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作者：BUTCHER, T
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作者：DEIGHTON, A
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作者：KNOX, C; MCALISTER, D
摘要：There is a growing recognition that obtaining feedback from users is a fundamental and integral part of measuring effectiveness and without such a perspective, policy evaluation will have limited legitimacy. There is still, however, widespread uncertainty about how best to carry this out or in what circumstances, given methodological and other constraints, such an approach is likely to be worthwhile. The aim of this article is not to rehearse in detail the merits and demerits of users as stake...
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作者：BUTCHER, T
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作者：GRAY, A; JENKINS, B
摘要：Changes to the study of public administration tend to follow those in the practice of the administration of government. The recent shift to public management is characterized and assessed both as a practice and a field of study. The result has been less a revolution in paradigm than the emergence of a vision of government which competes with but does not supplant traditional public administration.
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作者：JORDAN, A
作者单位：University of London; University College London
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作者：DEIGHTON, A
