作者：Werlin, HH
作者单位：State University of New York (SUNY) System; Stony Brook University; Texas Tech University System; Texas Tech University
摘要：This article argues that the difference between poor countries and rich countries has to do with governance rather than resources. In emphasizing the importance of public administration in explaining economic success and failure, the author examines three general theories of governance (organizational, cultural, and structural-functional) presented in Ferrel Heady's textbook in comparative administration. Political elasticity theory is introduced as a way to reconcile and overcome the weakness...
作者：Van Slyke, DM
摘要：States and municipalities have privatized services in an effort to improve their cost-effectiveness and quality. Competition provides the logical foundation for an expectation of cost savings and quality improvements, but competition does not exist in many local marketplaces-especially in the social services, where governments contract primarily with nonprofit organizations. As government increases its use of contracting, it simultaneously reduces its own public-management capacity, imperiling...
作者：Welch, EW
作者单位：University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital
