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作者:Jilke, Sebastian; Meuleman, Bart; Van de Walle, Steven
作者单位:Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; KU Leuven
摘要:In addition to public administrations and public managers, there is increasing interest in studying citizens' interactions with and views toward government from a comparative perspective in order to put theories to the test using cross-national surveys. However, this will only succeed if we adequately deal with the diverse ways in which respondents in different countries and regions perceive and respond to survey measures. This article examines the concept of cross-national measurement equival...
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作者:Sun, Dechao
作者单位:Jilin University; Jilin University
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作者:Rubin, Irene
作者单位:Northern Illinois University
摘要:This article summarizes the content of four classic articles on budgeting that have appeared in Public Administration Review, outlines some of the major changes in budgeting that have occurred since those authors wrote, and, based on those changes, offers a research agenda for the next set of budget classics.
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作者:Androphy, Bruce A.
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作者:Meier, Kenneth J.
作者单位:Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Cardiff University
摘要:Herbert Simon, in his 1946 essay The Proverbs of Administration, indicted public administration as having conflicting and contradictory theories and an absence of a knowledge base that could provide a guide to practice. Simon proposed that public administration define concepts, adopt efficiency as its objective, focus on the study of decision making, and construct models that could predict efficient results. This 75th-anniversary article revisits Simon's essay in light of contemporary public a...
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作者:Creelan, Jeremy
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作者:Newswander, Chad B.
作者单位:University of South Dakota
摘要:According to judicial precedents, administrators informed by their expertise can speak on issues of public concern under First Amendment protections. In one sense, they could dissent by working against their employers in an attempt to direct issues of public concern through an educational function. The power to act like a statesman in raising such issues allows administrators to lead from behind and in front, as long as certain judicial thresholds are met. However, the U.S. Supreme Court recen...
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作者:Van Aken, Tucker
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作者:Feldman, Daniel L.
作者单位:City University of New York (CUNY) System; John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY)
摘要:A synthesis of the work of two political and legal scholars, John Rohr and Lon Fuller, properly balances constitutional and managerial values, supplementing other theories that offer useful but insufficient support for American government agency legitimacy. Agencies reflecting that balance would strengthen their legitimacya particularly valuable goal in an era of low confidence in American government. Rohr's focus on the constitutional oath of office and American regime values, and Fuller's in...
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作者:Lazenby, Scott
作者单位:Portland State University