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作者：Simon, CA
作者单位：Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE); University of Nevada Reno
摘要：During its nine years of existence, AmeriCorps has had a tremendous impact on its volunteers and the communities it serves. Despite concerns expressed by the Republican congressional leadership, the Corporation for National and Community Service-the federally funded administrative organization that directs AmeriCorps programs at the national level-has made clear its intention to operate in a nonpartisan, politically neutral manner A study of AmeriCorps programs in four western states finds the...
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作者：Breaux, DA; Duncan, CM; Keller, CD; Morris, JC
作者单位：Mississippi State University
摘要：Through an examination of the implementation of the 7 996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act in the state of Mississippi, we explore the adequacy of traditional two-actor principal-agent theory Using this as our lens, we suggest that the choices made by Mississippi in the area of welfare reform to privatize much of the work and to add several layers to the existing principal-agent relationship substantially reduced accountability and the effectiveness of the monitoring systems. W...
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作者：Teisman, GR; Klijn, EH
作者单位：Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC
摘要：It has become popular to advocate partnership arrangements. Such partnerships may be seen as new forms of governance, which fit in with the imminent network society. However, the idea of partnership is often introduced without much reflection on the need to reorganize policy-making processes and to adjust existing institutional structures. In this contribution, we discuss the ambiguity of partnerships. An empirical basis is provided by means of an analysis of the policy making on the expansion...
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作者：Stewart, DW; Sprinthall, NA; Kem, JD
作者单位：North Carolina State University
摘要：This article reports on an exploratory study of ethical reasoning among public administrators in Russia. Survey interviews and focus group follow-ups with civil servants participating in graduate training programs at the Russian Academy of Public Service provide information about their preferred made of ethical reasoning; the demographic, attitudinal, organizational, and professional factors associated with that reasoning; and the behavioral choices implied. Using a sample of 113 public offici...
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作者：Newmann, WW
作者单位：Virginia Commonwealth University
摘要：This article considers the post-September 11 challenges faced by the U.S. national security machinery and analyzes the relationship between the new threat environment, the United States's role in the world, and decision-making structure. Homeland security is defined as a subset of national security. The threat of foreign terrorist organizations acting on U.S. soil should be seen in the political context of the pursuit of U.S. national interests in an often anarchic world. Two models for homela...
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作者：Roberts, NC
作者单位：United States Department of Defense; United States Navy; Naval Postgraduate School; United States Department of Defense; United States Navy; Naval Postgraduate School
摘要：How can public officials be held accountable, and yet avoid the paradoxes and pathologies of the current mechanisms of accountability? The answer, claims Harmon (1995), is dialogue. But what exactly is dialogue, and how is it created? More importantly, how can dialogue ensure accountability? To address these questions, I begin with a brief description of dialogue and its basic features, distinguishing it from other forms of communication. An example illustrates how dialogue occurs in actual pr...
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作者：Beckett, J
作者单位：University System of Ohio; University of Akron
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作者：Davis, DH
作者单位：University System of Ohio; University of Toledo
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作者：Dolan, J
作者单位：Macalester College
摘要：In a representative democracy, we assume the populace exerts some control over the actions and outputs of government officials, ensuring they comport with public preferences. However, the growth of the fourth branch of government has created a paradox: Unelected bureaucrats now have the power to affect government decisions (Meier 1993; Rourke 198,4; Aberbach, Putnam, and Rockman 798 1). In this article, I rely on two competing theories of bureaucratic behavior-representative-bureaucracy theory...
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作者：Czarniawska, B
作者单位：University of Gothenburg
