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作者:Jreisat, Jamil E.
作者单位:State University System of Florida; University of South Florida
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作者:Kane, John; Patapan, Haig
作者单位:Griffith University
摘要:This article argues that the concept of prudence can provide valuable insights into the problems of the New Public Management. Prudence, or practical wisdom, is the ability to make sound decisions under complex, ever-changeable conditions. Old-style bureaucracy severely limited the discretion of most administrators but preserved a site of true prudential judgment at the peak where discreet mandarins policed the boundary between politics and administration. The reforms that inaugurated New Publ...
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作者:Adams, Guy B.; Balfour, Danny L.; Reed, George E.
作者单位:University of Missouri System; University of Missouri Columbia; Grand Valley State University
摘要:The torture and abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison and at other sites in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Cuba raise disturbing questions that have few, if any, easy answers. Were these intentionally evil acts committed by a few bad apples who took advantage of the power they wielded over the detainees? Or were they cases of administrative evil in which the obvious evil of torture and abuse was masked from the perpetrators, including those who performed subsidiary and supportive functions? The more...
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作者:Jreisat, Jamil E.
作者单位:State University System of Florida; University of South Florida
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作者:Bovens, Mark
作者单位:Utrecht University
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作者:Bovens, Mark
作者单位:Utrecht University
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作者:Gilmour, John B.; Lewis, David E.
作者单位:William & Mary; Princeton University
摘要:In this paper, the authors use the Bush administration's management grades from the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) to evaluate performance budgeting in the federal government-in particular, the role of merit and political considerations in formulating recommendations for 234 programs in the president's fiscal year 2004 budget. PART scores and political support were found to influence budget choices in expected ways, and the impact of management scores on budget decisions diminished as t...
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作者:Minvielle, Etienne
摘要:In 1996, French authorities-committed to developing an innovative, decentralized style of public intervention in a country with a reputation for administrative conservatism and a historical bias toward centralization-created the Regional Hospital Agencies. The author asks whether these agencies exemplify the modernization of French public administration. A survey of all 26 such agencies indicates that they did introduce novel management practices and do, in fact, illustrate New Public Manageme...
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作者:Hou, Yilin
作者单位:University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
摘要:This essay is a theoretical exploration of a new budgetary system to cope with fiscal uncertainty and instability.(1) It examines policies requiring positive year-end balances and infers that annual budget cycles lead to a mismatch between the budget cycle and the continuity of public service provision. The author considers a multiyear perspective on budgeting as a potential solution, with countercyclical fiscal reserves to help ensure stability during fluctuating economic conditions. By adopt...