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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: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:Schachter, HL
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作者:West, W
作者单位:Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Bush School of Government & Public Service
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作者:Schachter, HL
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作者:Srinivas, N
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作者:Page, S
作者单位:University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
摘要:Interpretations of the emergence of the New Public Management are split. The champions of the movement present it as a new administrative paradigm that departs sharply from past thinking and practice, whereas skeptics argue it has evolved incrementally from past administrative traditions. To assess these views, this article examines recent administrative innovations in the human services that broadly reflect the New Public Management. The findings suggest that these innovations have built incr...
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作者:Miller, HT; Jaja, C
作者单位:State University System of Florida; Florida Atlantic University
摘要:This article investigates the discipline of public administration as it is manifested in symposium articles published during the period 1985-99. What was the field trying to accomplish? The method of investigation is narrative analysis. Using specific discourse markers (method, substantive contents, and authorial intentions), the authors found a wide variety of purposes and projects in the symposia investigated. The condition of public administration, they conclude, is distinguished by a radic...