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作者：Vakkuri, Jarmo
作者单位：Tampere University
摘要：Improving public sector performance involves both 'knowing' and 'doing' problems. With the emphasis on the 'doing' problem, this study examines public managers as users of management instruments (MI) in attempts to improve the performance of public services. The article explores uses of three MIs in Finnish local government by using the conceptual framework of ambiguity. The article demonstrates why and how the use of MIs does not always simplify the public management exercise. It may become e...
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作者：Askim, Jostein; Christensen, Tom; Fimreite, Anne Lise; Laegreid, Per
作者单位：University of Bergen; University of Oslo
摘要：This article addresses how to assess public-sector reforms using a reform in the Norwegian welfare administration as a case study. This reform represents a complex hybrid organizational form and a challenging combination of political control and local autonomy. We examine first how the reform has addressed its three main goals. These were to get people off welfare and back into work, to bring about more service-orientation, and to increase efficiency. We also address the side-effects of the re...
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作者：Christensen, Jorgen Gronnegaard
作者单位：Aarhus University
摘要：The EU with its supranational powers is a unique institution. Contrary to other international organizations, it can make laws that are binding to its member governments as well as to their citizens and enterprises. However, reviewing the literature, we find little consensus as to its true role as a lawmaker. This article and the articles that follow in this symposium remedy this empirical deficiency. The present article presents a comprehensive analysis of the scope of binding EU regulation. T...
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作者：Goldfinch, Shaun; Wallis, Joe
作者单位：University of Nottingham; American University of Sharjah
摘要：The literature on public management reform exhibits two intertwined convergence myths. First, a world-wide consensus on a new public management (NPM) reform agenda is seen to exist amongst policy reformers and practitioners. If this agenda is not fully implemented in all cases, this is generally explained by political and reform setbacks rather than disagreement on policy aims. Second, this NPM agenda is now seen as challenged and even abandoned and replaced by an emergent post-NPM or 'public ...
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作者：Meier, Kenneth J.; O'Toole, Laurence J., Jr.
作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Cardiff University; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
摘要：Networks and managing in the network have been central concerns of public management scholars for years (Provan and Milward 1991; O'Toole 1997; Agranoff and McGuire 2003; Herranz 2008). The literature has investigated the extent of networks (Hall and O'Toole 2004), the appropriate way to measure networks and networking behaviour (McGuire 2002; Meier and O'Toole 2005), and the role that networking plays in improving organizational performance (O'Toole and Meier 2003). Although there are qualifi...
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作者：Eberlein, Burkard; Radaelli, Claudio M.
作者单位：York University - Canada; University of Exeter
摘要：In this conceptual article, we explore mechanisms of conflict management in European Union (EU) regulatory policy-making. We build on J.G. March's distinction between aggregation and transformation as the two strategic options to deal with inconsistent preferences or identities that are at the source of social conflict. While this distinction is helpful in mapping conflict management mechanisms, the rigid association of these two options with the rival paradigms of rationalism and constructivi...
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作者：Kuhlmann, Sabine
摘要：The article is aimed at analysing New Public Management (NPM) reforms at the local level in Germany, France and Italy. The case selection is justified by the fact that these three 'classical' Continental European countries have largely been missing from comparative administrative research thus far. The article focuses on local governments, since in all three countries these are considered the NPM forerunners and are acknowledged to be more advanced in reform implementation than are upper level...
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作者：Lavoie, Josee; Boulton, Amohia; Dwyer, Judith
作者单位：Massey University; Flinders University South Australia
摘要：Contracting in health care is a mechanism used by the governments of Canada, Australia and New Zealand to improve the participation of marginalized populations in primary health care and improve responsiveness to local needs. As a result, complex contractual environments have emerged. The literature on contracting in health has tended to focus on the pros and cons of classical versus relational contracts from the funder's perspective. This article proposes an analytical framework to explore th...
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作者：T Hart, Paul
作者单位：Australian National University; Utrecht University
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作者：Boin, Arjen; Hart, Paul 'T; McConnell, Allan; Preston, Thomas
作者单位：Louisiana State University System; Louisiana State University; Louisiana State University System; Louisiana State University; Australian National University; University of Strathclyde; University of Sydney; Washington State University
摘要：Crisis management research has largely ignored one of the most pressing challenges political leaders are confronted with in the wake of a large-scale extreme event: how to cope with what is commonly called the blame game. In this article, we provide a heuristic to help understand political leader responses to blame in the aftermath of crises, emphasizing the crucial role of their leadership style on the political management of Inquiries. After integrating theoretical and empirical findings on ...
