作者：Royo, Sonia; Yetano, Ana; Acerete, Basilio
作者单位：University of Zaragoza
摘要：There is widespread acceptance that current institutions are inadequate to address the challenges of sustainable development. At the same time, there is an urgent need to build awareness and increase capacity for promoting action with respect to environmental protection at the local level. This article analyzes the Web sites of the environment departments of European local governments that signed the Aalborg Commitments to determine the extent to which they are using the Internet to promote e-...
作者：Verkuil, Paul R.; Fountain, Jane E.
作者单位：University of Massachusetts System; University of Massachusetts Amherst
作者：Kjeldsen, Anne Mette
作者单位：Aarhus University
摘要：The literature on public service motivation (PSM) has typically focused on the relationship between motivation and public/private sector of employment, while the character of the work being performed has been neglected. Using panel surveys with pre- and postentry measures of PSM among certified Danish social workers, this article provides a unique design for investigating PSM-based attraction. selection and socialization effects with respect to the choice between work related to service produc...
作者：Cowell, Richard; Downe, James; Morgan, Karen
作者单位：Cardiff University; Cardiff University; University of Bristol
摘要：Concern for fostering trust in public institutions has prompted many governments to invest in systems of ethics regulation, embracing various dimensions of good governance. This article assesses the impact of ethics regulation on the conduct of English local politicians using Foucauldian perspectives on government, power, and resistance. The research finds that ethics regulation encountered problems when politicians resisted the models of political identity and behavior that it was perceived t...
