作者：Kettl, Donald F.
作者单位：University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
作者：Lawton, Alan; Macaulay, Michael
作者单位：Federation University Australia; Victoria University Wellington
摘要：Organizations wax and wane, and some cease to exist altogether. The Standards Board for England was abolished after a 10-year life. Created to regulate the ethical behavior of local politicians in England, the ethics of politics was undermined by the politics of ethics. This article analyzes the life of the Standards Board initially through the lens of a life-cycle approach to organizations but finds that a problem-cluster approach provides a sharper picture. Over its lifetime, the Standards B...
作者：Balfour, Danny L.
作者单位：Grand Valley State University
作者：Williams, Amber E.
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark
作者：Perry, James L.
作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
作者：Clark, Jill K.; Record, Matthew
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; California State University System; San Jose State University
摘要：The twin forces of globalization and devolution have created administrative circumstances that strain the problem-solving capacity of local governments and increase the importance of nongovernmental processes and institutions. The literature suggests that locally owned firms are more likely to engender higher levels of civic engagement critical to buttressing that problem-solving capacity. This research adds an additional dimension, investigating to whom those firms sell and through which supp...
