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作者：Jacobs, Alan M.; Weaver, R. Kent
作者单位：University of British Columbia; Georgetown University
摘要：Most studies of policy feedback have focused on processes of self-reinforcement through which programs bolster their own bases of political support and endure or expand over time. This article develops a theoretical framework for identifying feedback mechanisms through which policies can become self-undermining over time, increasing the likelihood of a major change in policy orientation. We conceptualize and illustrate three types of self-undermining feedback mechanisms that we expect to opera...
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作者：Rajaram, Anand
作者单位：The World Bank
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作者：Srivastava, Vivek
作者单位：The World Bank
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作者：Ban, Cornel; Gallagher, Kevin
作者单位：Boston University
摘要：This special issue reviews patterns of policy stability and change at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since the Great Recession and attempts to explain their causes. The contributors show that the crisis ignited a reassessment regarding how the IMF would position itself as a pivotal player in global economic governance. Some new ideas and evidence definitely found their way into IMF decision making, but this process was often tempered by the nature of the institution and the powerful int...
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作者：Engvall, Johan
作者单位：Uppsala University
摘要：What type of state has emerged in post-Soviet Eurasia, and what kind of theoretical framework can help us understand its behavior and performance? This article argues that we can usefully understand the logic of political and administrative organization in terms of a kind of investment market. Access to the state is frequently determined by actual financial payment. Would-be officials invest in offices to obtain access to a stream of income associated with an office. This framework represents ...
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作者：Carbone, Giovanni; Memoli, Vincenzo
作者单位：University of Milan; University of Catania
摘要：The established view in political science is that a sound and functioning state has to be in place before democracy can be introduced. State first, and then democracy. While acknowledging the existence of a basic state infrastructure as a necessary starting point, we examine the possibility that democratization itself may play an important role in the subsequent development and consolidation of the state. We do this by addressing the major conceptual and methodological shortcomings of existing...
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作者：Mcloughlin, Claire
作者单位：University of Birmingham
摘要：Received wisdom holds that the provision of vital public services necessarily improves the legitimacy of a fragile or conflict-affected state. In practice, however, the relationship between a state's performance in delivering services and its degree of legitimacy is nonlinear. Specifically, this relationship is conditioned by expectations of what the state should provide, subjective assessments of impartiality and distributive justice, the relational aspects of provision, how easy it is to att...
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作者：Camba, Alvin Almendrala
作者单位：State University of New York (SUNY) System; Binghamton University, SUNY
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作者：Baekgaard, Martin; Blom-Hansen, Jens; Serritzlew, Soren
作者单位：Aarhus University
摘要：For three decades, the politics matters literature has found that political ideology is an important explanation of public policy. However, this literature systematically fails to include the influence of the bureaucracy. In fact, it is almost impossible to identify a single study in this literature that controls for the influence of the permanent bureaucracy. In this article, we investigate whether politics still matters when bureaucratic preferences are taken into account. We do this in a si...
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作者：Wescott, Clay G.
