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作者：Musso, Juliet Ann; Weare, Christopher
作者单位：University of Southern California
摘要：Although a wide-ranging literature explores the favorable effects of social capital, it is only relatively recently that systematic attention has been directed to the manner in which social networks emerge and the consequent implications for civic engagement and collaborative governance. This article employs advanced social network statistical models to examine civic network emergence following a participatory reform in Los Angeles. Findings suggest that the reform fostered a number of favorab...
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作者：Fruchter, Dasi
作者单位：New York University
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作者：Plant, Jeremy F.
作者单位：Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University
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作者：Carley, Sanya; Nicholson-Crotty, Sean; Fisher, Eric J.
作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
摘要：Programs administered by the U.S. Department of Energy under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 were designed to spur investment in clean energy and jump-start the economy. There was considerable variation, however, in the proportion of obligated funds that states spent during each year. A primary goal of the ARRA was to infuse as much money as possible into the struggling economy; however, there was significant variation in the success with which states implemented thes...
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作者：Nelson, Kimberly L.; Svara, James H.
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
摘要：The standard narrative to explain the evolution of roles filled by city managers suggests that managers originally served as administrative technicians who carried out the policy directives of city councils, but, over time, they became more involved in policy advice and community leadership. This article documents enduring involvement in policy and the recent expansion of community leadership, analyzing definitions of the manager's roles offered by practitioners and scholars since the beginnin...
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作者：Frova, Francesco
作者单位：City University of New York (CUNY) System
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作者：Malatesta, Deanna; Carboni, Julia L.
作者单位：Purdue University System; Purdue University; Purdue University in Indianapolis
摘要：Public administration scholars continue to grapple with how and why public organizations differ from private organizations. The judiciary deals with similar questions in ruling on constitutional claims that apply exclusively to state actors. The authors consider similarities and differences between scholarly and judicial approaches, adding to the body of research attempting to capture the complexities of the public-private distinction. The application in this article includes the coding of sem...
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作者：Ferry, Laurence; Eckersley, Peter
作者单位：Newcastle University - UK
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作者：Perry, James L.
作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
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作者：Rauh, Jonathan
作者单位：University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia
摘要：This article explores the ability of elected officials to affect the autonomy of state ethics commissions. The author examines autonomy as a function of the capacity of ethics commissions to control their finances and personnel decisions and how the presence or absence of that capacity affects whether bureaucratic structures can function independently of politics. Using data from the 2011 State Integrity Investigation, the analysis extends previous arguments concerning political actors' desire...
