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作者：Barbosa, Alexandre Fernandes; Pozzebon, Marlei; Diniz, Eduardo Henrique
作者单位：Universite de Montreal; HEC Montreal; Getulio Vargas Foundation
摘要：The use of information and communication technology (ICT), particularly that related to the consolidation of the internet as a social and business networking medium, has impelled governments towards enabling e-government (e-gov) programs to transform the future of the delivery of public services. E-gov has a clear economic, social, and political impact that should be monitored in order to steer the design of effective public policies. In this article, we argue that evaluating the impact of e-g...
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作者：'t Hart, Paul
作者单位：Utrecht University; Utrecht University
摘要：Triggered by the recent inquiries into the Fukushima nuclear disaster, this article reflects on the challenges of developing and operating risk regulation and crisis management regimes in an era of highly complex and tightly interconnected socio-technical systems. These challenges are not just technical and professional but fundamentally institutional and cultural. The article identifies three key paradoxes and challenges of contemporary risk and crisis management, signals a range of recurrent...
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作者：Baggetta, Matthew
作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
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作者：Daviter, Falk
作者单位：University of Potsdam
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作者：Luis Zafra-Gomez, Jose; Prior, Diego; Plata Diaz, Ana Maria; Lopez-Hernandez, Antonio M.
作者单位：University of Granada; Autonomous University of Barcelona
摘要：The current economic crisis is increasingly affecting the public sector, requiring stricter control of deficits, and local administrations are not exempt from these requirements. Therefore, it is essential to consider management forms that may produce cost savings in the provision of public services. In this article we propose an evaluation of municipal waste collection and disposal services to determine whether single/joint or public/private municipal service provision, together with other fa...
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作者：Verweij, Stefan; Klijn, Erik-Hans; Edelenbos, Jurian; Van Buuren, Arwin
作者单位：Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam
摘要：Many studies have been conducted to determine the conditions that contribute to the satisfactory outcome of decision-making processes in governance networks. In this article, we explore how the interaction of three such conditions - network complexity, network management, and stakeholder involvement - results in stakeholder satisfaction. We use fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis - a relatively new approach in public administration research - to systematically compare the decision-makin...
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作者：Kwon, Osung
摘要：The theory of fiscal federalism asserts that fiscal decentralization increases government effectiveness, reduces government budgets, and reduces corruption when used as a means of government reform. However, counter-arguments have been made that such an approach has diverging effects according to the level of national development. We have attempted herein to carry out an empirical analysis to examine these theories. Data from 17 developed and 17 developing states were obtained in order to cond...
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作者：Toshkov, Dimiter
作者单位：Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC
摘要：Policy-making is embedded in politics, but an increasing number of issues, like obesity, tobacco control, or road safety, do not map well on the major dimensions of political conflict. This article analyzes the enactment of restrictions on smoking in bars and restaurants in 29 European countries-a conflictual issue which does not fit easily traditional party ideologies. Indeed, the comparative empirical analyses demonstrate that government ideological positions are not associated with the stri...
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作者：McCann, Leo
作者单位：University of Manchester
摘要：This symposium of Public Administration explores the impact of the Great Financial Crisis' (GFC) on public services provision and delivery. This introductory article discusses the political and media framing' and counter-framing' of what the GFC means for reforming public service bargains. The dominant frame is that service reform and cutbacks to provision are inevitable and unavoidable. This is contrasted with the counter-frame that the GFC is being used as cover' for ideologically driven' re...
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作者：Pluemper, Thomas; Neumayer, Eric
作者单位：University of Essex; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
摘要：Health policies seek to achieve conflicting objectives. We argue that the objective of saving lives is best served by a careful balancing of fairness and efficiency considerations. Open, fair, and equitable access to health care for all citizens will lower overall mortality rates by enabling the very poor and chronically ill to satisfy their demand for necessary health care. But it will also result in higher costs, not least by also increasing demand for irrelevant, unnecessary, and inefficien...
