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作者：Keast, R; Mandell, MR; Brown, K; Woolcock, G
作者单位：Queensland University of Technology (QUT); California State University System; California State University Northridge; Queensland University of Technology (QUT); University of Queensland
摘要：There is a growing need for innovative methods of dealing with complex, social problems. New types of collaborative efforts have emerged as a result of the inability of more traditional bureaucratic hierarchical arrangements such as departmental program, to resolve these problems. Network structures are one such arrangement that Is at the forefront of this movement. Although collaboration through network structures establishes an innovative response to dealing with social issues, there remains...
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作者：Nelson, L
作者单位：Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); University of Pittsburgh
摘要：In the post September I I era, one truism in the ongoing public policy debate surrounding technology and privacy is that there is no easy solution to the increasing presence of technology in our lives. There are, however, several long-standing guiding principles. We must be wary of extending political authority to protect privacy without careful contemplation of the consequences. While it may appear that the idea of balancing technology and privacy is novel, the tension between them is informe...
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作者：Spicer, M
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Cleveland State University
摘要：Public administration writers, with some notable exceptions, generally have not paid a great deal of attention to the history of ideas. However, public administration inquiry is profoundly affected by longstanding political and social ideas. This article shows how the idea of the state as a purposive association-that is to say, a collective enterprise that is driven by some set of substantive ends or purposes-has helped to shape the thinking and discourse of some public administration writers,...
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作者：Avery, G
作者单位：University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：During the 1990s, terrorist actions using biological weapons and the fear that rogue states possessed such weapons placed bioterrorism on the political agenda, a policy window widened by the September 11 attacks. Advocates for improving the U.S. public health infrastructure attempted to use this window to obtain the resources necessary for modernization. This article examines those efforts and identifies significant problems arising from a mismatch between the goals of public health policy ent...
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作者：Frederickson, HG; Johnson, GA; Wood, C
作者单位：University of Kansas; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Northern Illinois University
摘要：Using historical and numerical analysis and the five-part schema, this study finds that over the post 50 years structural modifications and adaptations by American cities have generally followed the standard S curve of the diffusion of Innovation. In tests of Kaufman's and Hirshman's theories of epochs of change from representativeness to administrative efficiency, this study determines that mayor-council cities have, in a standard innovation diffusion S curve, adopted many of the key features...
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作者：Henderson, LJ Jr
作者单位：University System of Maryland; University of Baltimore; University System of Maryland; University of Baltimore
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作者：Van Ryzin, GG; Muzzio, D; Immerwahr, S; Gulick, L; Martinez, E
作者单位：City University of New York (CUNY) System; Baruch College (CUNY)
摘要：Using data from two telephone surveys of New York City residents conducted during 2000 and 2001, this article employs the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) model to examine the drivers-and behavioral consequences-of overall satisfaction with local government services. While the ACSI model has been widely used to analyze customer satisfaction in the private sector and, more recently, in the federal government, it has not been tried in a local government context. Applying the ACSI mode...
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作者：O'Toole, LJ Jr; Meier, KJ
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station
摘要：Why is contracting used more frequently under some circumstances than others? What is its impact on spending for core mission and on service quality? These questions are explored with data from more than 1,000 Texas school districts. The evidence for a recent three-year period shows that contracting is negatively related to spending on school districts' central task and is not positively associated with district performance. Why, then, do districts contract? While several variables are associa...
