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作者:Öberg, P
作者单位:Uppsala University; Uppsala University
摘要:How corporatist arrangements actually work has not been empirically demonstrated, despite the theoretical focus on interest intermediation. This article investigates whether corporatism affects trust and deliberation in state activities, using Swedish public administration as a case study. First, it is doubtful that corporatism directly promotes trust among citizens, but it very likely promotes trust within and between the represented organizations. Second, interest-group representation cannot...
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作者:Santiso, C
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作者:Greener, I
作者单位:University of West England
摘要:This paper utilizes three perspectives in analyzing health policy in the U.K. during the formulation of the internal market reforms of the late 1980s and early 1990s: policy transfer, social learning, and path-dependency. By doing so, it attempts to incorporate the most significant insights from each perspective to construct a framework for analysis that better illuminates the actors, processes, and constraints involved in health policy reform, as well as providing a means of assessing its imp...
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作者:Kowert, PA
作者单位:State University System of Florida; Florida International University
摘要:For over two decades, the theory of groupthink proposed by Irving Janis has remained the most prominent analysis of group dynamics in policymaking. Suffering from ifs own popularity, groupthink has become a catch-all phrase without a clear meaning. Moreover, theories of group decision-making-even when applied to public policy-making-have typically ignored political variables,focusing almost exclusively on psychological arguments. This article offers three more narrowly construed propositions a...
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作者:Thatcher, M
作者单位:University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
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作者:Davis, TC
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作者:Jacoby, W
作者单位:Brigham Young University
摘要:In the past decade, political elites in Central and Eastern Europe have often sought to imitate Western organizational and institutional models, while organizations like the EU and NATO have often acted as institutional tutors in the region. Using evidence from Hungary and the Czech Republic, this paper demonstrates why imitating Western structures has been both administratively Expedient and useful in building political coalitions. It also stresses that the short-term benefits of doing so are...
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作者:Thatcher, M
作者单位:University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
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作者:Christensen, T
作者单位:University System of Ohio; Ohio University
摘要:Three interwoven change elements characterize New Public Management: substantial horizontal and vertical specialization, substituting an integrated sector model for a fragmented functional model, and extensive use of contracts as part of a make the manager manage kind of incentive system. This article discusses the effects and implications of these reform elements on political-democratic processes in general, and on political, administrative, and public enterprise leadership roles more specifi...
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作者:Lancaster, TD
作者单位:Emory University