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作者：Julnes, Patria de Lancer; Johnson, Derek
作者单位：University System of Maryland; University of Baltimore; Utah System of Higher Education; Utah State University
摘要：How can the Hispanic community in Utah strengthen its active engagement in government? Interviews by the authors with key government and community-based organization representatives offer evidence on (1) who is being engaged in the Hispanic community, (2) what are the barriers to engagement, and (3) which modes of engagement are likely to be effective and under what conditions. Findings indicate that only a small elite in the Hispanic community is currently involved. Even for the elite, engage...
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作者：Riccucci, Norma M.
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; Rutgers University New Brunswick
摘要：Public sector union membership is thriving compared to the private sector. Moreover, public employee unions play a significant role in policy making at every level of government. Yet research on public sector labor relations is sporadic and uneven, perhaps negligible. Why so? This article surveys the literature on public sector unionism and seeks to answer that question. Its conclusion points to a course of action for renewing interest in this seminal field among public administration, managem...
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作者：Kincaid, John
作者单位：Lafayette College; Lafayette College
摘要：The U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR) befitted an era marked by low party polarization, bipartisanship, and cooperative federalism. Although the ACIR's work was valuable, the growth of federal power, rise of party polarization, and the decline of bipartisanship, along with many other political, governmental, and social changes during its 37-year life (1959-96), marginalized the ACIR to the point of political vulnerability. These historic changes make it unlikely th...
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作者：Schotanus, Fredo; Bakker, Elmer; Walker, Helen; Essig, Michael
作者单位：University of Twente; University of Warwick; Bundeswehr University Munich
摘要：Increasingly, public sector organizations collaborate to buy products and services. They collectively form purchasing groups to deliver more value for money. What is the progress of these small-scale developments of public sector purchasing groups to date, in the early phases of their life cycle? Although previous research provides general descriptions of life-cycle phases, little attention has been paid to detailed small-scale developments that take place within each life-cycle phase. As a re...
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作者：Kincaid, John; Stenberg, Carl W.
作者单位：Lafayette College; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
摘要：Fiscal, administrative, and political tensions among the partners in the federal system have not eased, and perhaps have grown, since the demise of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations in 1996. Yet no governmental organizational capacity exists to address big intergovernmental questions in an ongoing manner through nonpartisan or bipartisan research, data collection, deliberation, and policy formulation.
