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作者：Dodge, J; Ospina, SM; Foldy, EG
作者单位：New York University
摘要：A traditional view of scholarly quality defines rigor as the application of method and assumes an implicit connection with relevance. But as an applied field, public administration requires explicit attention to both rigor and relevance. Interpretive scholars' notions of rigor demand an explicit inclusion of relevance as an integral aspect of quality. As one form of interpretive research, narrative inquiry illuminates how this can be clone. Appreciating this contribution requires a deeper know...
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作者：Miller, GJ; Yeager, SJ; Hildreth, WB; Rabin, J
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; Wichita State University; Wichita State University; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park
摘要：This article explores the way public-sector financial managers cope with ethical challenges created by undue political pressure and demands for special treatment. A nationwide survey of financial managers revealed that fiscal stress exacerbates ethical pressure for most financial managers, including chief financial officers (CFOs) and those who report to CFOs. Financial managers do not work in an ethical vacuum; they respond to supervisors who encourage ethical action and to coworkers who demo...
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作者：Rubin, MM; Bartle, JR
作者单位：City University of New York (CUNY) System; John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY); University of Nebraska System
摘要：A government's budget represents a statement of its priorities. During the past 25 years, the international community has recognized that gender equality is essential for sustainable economic growth and full social development, and it has called upon nations to use their budgets to promote gender-equitable resource allocation and revenue generation. More than 60 countries have answered this call by implementing gencler-responsive budgets at the national and subnational levels. However, gencler...
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作者：Yang, KF
作者单位：State University System of Florida; Florida State University
摘要：An important but unattended consideration in citizen participation efforts is whether public officials trust citizens and, if not, whether they can formulate and implement policies that really engage, empower and emancipate citizens. This study attempts to answer four questions: Is public officials' trust in citizens relevant and important? Is it a valid construct that can be differentiated from other constructs? What factors influence its level? And how does trust influence citizen involvemen...
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作者：[Anonymous]
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作者：Kloha, P; Weissert, CS; Kleine, R
作者单位：Michigan State University; State University System of Florida; Florida State University
摘要：One of the thorniest issues of intergovernmental fiscal relations Is state oversight of local fiscal affairs. States have oversight responsibility and must take action when local governments run afoul of responsible fiscal behavior Less accepted is how states can detect local financial difficulties before they become emergencies that require state takeover. Research in the 1970s provided some assistance to states wishing to recognize local financial emergencies. But the time has come to look a...
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作者：Painter, M
作者单位：City University of Hong Kong
摘要：Hong Kong has been depicted as an administrative state where the civil service is insulated from political and societal forces and enjoys a stable pattern of growth in rewards and status. In these respects, it is similar to other Asian developmental states. In Asia, as in the West, traditions underlying the administrative state are being challenged. The Hong Kong civil service has recently come under serious criticism as a result of a major fiscal crisis and a series of administrative failures...
