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作者：Bingham, LB; Nabatchi, T; O'Leary, R
作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; Syracuse University
摘要：Leaders in public affairs identify tools and instruments for the new governance through networks of public, private, and nonprofit organizations. We argue the new governance also involves people-the tool makers and tool users-and the processes through which they participate in the work of government. Practitioners are using new quasi-legislative and quasi-judicial governance processes, including deliberative democracy, e-democracy, public conversations, participatory budgeting, citizen juries,...
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作者：O'Connell, L
作者单位：University of Kentucky
摘要：This article applies the concepts of organization field and accountability environment to a government-funded program. It argues that the formula for accountability inspired by agency theory-define performance standards, measure performance, and sanction based on measured performance-is frequently impossible to apply because program accountability can be an emergent property arising from the actions of the major actors in a program's field. Studying a program reform of social service transport...
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作者：Farmbry, K; Harper, R
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; Rutgers University New Brunswick; University of Delaware
摘要：The success of societal transformation often depends on the legitimacy of the government institutions developed to mediate the transition. This article examines one case of institutional development and legitimacy building, the South African Land Claims Court. Formed in 1996 to help South Africa resolve land-claim concerns that surfaced as the nation transitioned to a postapartheid society, the court demonstrates the challenges of developing an institution in the context of large-scale societa...
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作者：Kim, PS; Halligan, J; Cho, N; Oh, CH; Eikenberry, AM
作者单位：Yonsei University; University of Canberra; Hankuk University Foreign Studies; Soongsil University; Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
摘要：The Global Forum on Reinventing Government has made government reform and new forms of comparative public administration and politics global issues. Since the forum was initiated in the United States in 1999, it has been held in locations around the world with broad representation. Yet the proceedings of these forums have not been fully reported to the international public administration community. This paper reports on the ideas on reinventing governance that emerged from the Sixth Global For...
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作者：Ingraham, PW
作者单位：Syracuse University
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作者：Ospina, SM; Dodge, J
作者单位：New York University
摘要：Maintaining a vibrant field of public administration requires ongoing efforts to link the worlds of academic researchers and practitioners. We suggest that research itself, traditionally pursued by academics, is a promising mechanism for making this connection. In particular, researchers and practitioners in public administration can do research together in a way that enhances mutual learning, draws on the strengths of each to create useful knowledge of high quality, appreciates and tolerates ...
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作者：Newbold, SP
作者单位：Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
摘要：The topic of statesmanship has been largely neglected by public administration scholars. This article underscores the moral dilemmas and implications that arise when statesmen abandon their principles for the good of the state, as was the case when Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France without congressional consent. This example draws our attention to the important connections between statesmanship and administrative ethics. Jefferson's decision to abandon his strict c...
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作者：Srinivas, N
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作者：Portney, K
作者单位：Tufts University
摘要：Over the last decade, at least 42 U.S. cities have elected to pursue sustainable cities programs to improve their livability. Some programs are broad, involving smart growth efforts, and others are narrowly targeted, including bicycle ridership and pesticide-reduction programs. A recurring theme in these cities is the role of public participation in shaping and implementing these programs. In cities where the sustainable cities idea first emerged in local grassroots organizations, such as Seat...
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作者：Romzek, BS; Johnston, JM
作者单位：University of Kansas
摘要：This article examines the effectiveness of contract accountability in social service contracts. The analysis is based on five case studies of Kansas contracts for selected welfare, Medicaid, and foster care and adoption services. Results indicate the state has achieved moderate to high levels of accountability effectiveness, especially in terms of specifying social service contracts and selecting appropriate accountability strategies. However, accountability is undermined by the use of risk sh...
