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作者：Kang, Inkyu; Sievert, Martin; Na, Chongmin
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; Leiden University - Excl LUMC; Leiden University; Seoul National University (SNU)
摘要：Individuals form perceptions about the degree of administrative burdens associated with public agencies and programs, even without being (potential) policy clients themselves (e.g., a wealthy person's view of administrative burdens experienced by welfare program applicants) or without referring to a specific instance (e.g., perceptions of bureaucratic hurdles in the federal government overall). This study develops and validates a scale of perceived administrative burden that is applicable beyo...
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作者：Agostino, Deborah
作者单位：Polytechnic University of Milan
摘要：This paper investigates the accountability paradoxes that emerge when public administrations operate under conditions of financial resource abundance and explores how these paradoxes are managed in practice. Focusing on Italian universities in the wake of Next Generation EU (NGEU) funding, the study applies paradox theory to reconceptualize accountability as a dynamic, processual, and relational phenomenon. The findings reveal that rather than reducing complexity, financial abundance amplifies...
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作者：Cunha, Bruno Queiroz; Lopez, Felix G.; Coban, M. Kerem
作者单位：Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada (IPEA); University of London; University of London School Oriental & African Studies (SOAS); Kadir Has University
摘要：Democratic backsliding around the world has sparked debate about its impact on public administration and governance. This article explores a growing yet less visible phenomenon threatening democracy. It examines the influence exerted by authoritarian populists over autonomous regulatory agencies through militarized patronage, that is, the discretionary appointment of military officers to civil positions. Scholars have not fully untangled how and why contemporary populists employ militarized pa...
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作者：Cohen, Nissim; Sabah, Yekoutiel
作者单位：University of Haifa; Hebrew University of Jerusalem
摘要：In recent years, an increasing body of research has examined the influence of populism on public bureaucracies and their responses to this phenomenon. This study seeks to add to this literature by examining how high-level Israeli bureaucrats navigate populist pressures. Based on 32 in-depth interviews with current and former senior officials, our findings reveal that bureaucrats are very aware of populist leaders' attempts to exploit bureaucratic institutions to consolidate power, thereby weak...
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作者：Li, Huanhuan; Sun, Zongfeng
作者单位：Shandong University
摘要：The widely accepted view that algorithmic accessibility and accountability enhance the perceived trustworthiness of automated decision-making has not yet been fully validated. This study fills this research gap by conducting two survey experiments using real-world scenarios. We examine participants' trust preferences when exposed to varying levels of algorithmic accessibility and accountability, under different degrees of decision risks. Our findings highlight that algorithmic accountability e...
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作者：Capano, Giliberto; Pritoni, Andrea; Profeti, Stefania
作者单位：University of Bologna; University of Bologna
摘要：This article explores the role of policy capacity in influencing (regional) government effectiveness. Drawing on various research streams (public administration, public policy, economics, and political science), we assess whether and under what conditions policy capacity affects public policy outcomes. Our proposal is that government effectiveness (operationalized by a novel composite index) results from a combination of factors: socioeconomic context, social capital, political strength, organ...
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作者：Adiguzel, Fatih Serkant
摘要：Recently, the world saw a wave of elected leaders attack democracy. Why do people support leaders who remove checks and balances? I argue that aspiring autocrats gain more popular support when they present these institutions as obstacles to getting things done. In doing so, they exploit a critical tension between the possibility of gridlock and the abuse of power, which is inherent in democratic institutions. Using cross-national data and leveraging an original survey experiment from Turkey, I...
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作者：Camilleri, Marguerite
作者单位：University of Malta
摘要：This paper begins by charting the trajectory of Malta's political, policy and institutional innovation in relation to environmental issues since the Islands gained independence in 1964. It examines the growth of the Maltese environmental movement post-independence and the creation of governing institutions in response to public concern and international momentum. It then provides an analysis of the current situation in terms of issues, attitudes and narratives, particularly in relation to the ...
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作者：Turobov, Aleksei; Carrapico, Helena; Farrand, Benjamin
作者单位：Northumbria University; University of Cambridge; Northumbria University; Newcastle University - UK
摘要：Digital sovereignty has emerged as a central organizing principle in European Union governance, yet systematic understanding of its conceptual evolution remains limited. This article provides the first macro-level analysis of how digital sovereignty evolves across institutional and academic domains. Through analysis of 156 academic articles and 808 EU policy documents using Latent Dirichlet Allocation topic modeling, we reveal sophisticated patterns in institutional conceptualization and evolu...
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作者：Gehrke, Manoel; Yang, Feng
作者单位：University of Pisa; Peking University
摘要：This study investigates the political effects of corruption convictions involving former heads of government. Drawing on an original dataset of convictions and annual, nationally representative surveys covering over 130 countries from 2006 to 2019, we employ a difference-in-differences approach to analyze how these events shape government approval. Our findings indicate a notable contrast: in less democratic countries, convictions boost support for the government, whereas their effect is negli...
