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作者:Greer, A; Hoggett, P
作者单位:University of West England
摘要:This paper draws on recent research conducted by the authors to examine the nature of board/executive relations in three different kinds of Local Public Spending Body (LPSB). Big variations are noted, between and within sectors, in the way in which boards organize themselves and the degree of power they have in relation to executives. In all organizations studied the executive played a crucial role both in managing day-to-day operations and in setting the organization's strategic direction. Ch...
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作者:Marnoch, G; McKee, L; Dinnie, N
作者单位:University of Aberdeen
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作者:Pemberton, H
作者单位:University of Bristol; University of Bristol
摘要:Policy networks are advanced as an alternative to the Westminster model of the UK polity but the theory lacks an internal dynamic and has typological problems. This article applies Peter Hall's (1993) concept of 'social learning' to policy networks and maps the networks found in two case studies of British economic policy making: Hall's own study of the shift from Keynesianism to monetarism in the 1970s and the author's research on the advent of 'Keynesian-plus' in the early 1960s. The article...
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作者:Vincent-Jones, P
作者单位:University of Lancashire
摘要:Following publication of the government's proposals for a statutory framework of Best Value, and the introduction of regulations increasing the flexibility of CCT pending its abolition, this paper examines the relationship between the compulsory regime and its likely successor. First, the paper suggests that the Best Value framework is likely to impose a range of regulatory, monitoring and enforcement constraints similar in effect to the formal requirements that operate under CCT. Continuity w...
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作者:Jordan, A
作者单位:University of East Anglia
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作者:Egeberg, M
作者单位:University of Oslo
摘要:Students of public administration have often focused on behaviour and attitudes without relating them explicitly to bureaucratic structure. They have also concentrated on structural descriptions, and on reorganization processes. These steps are, beyond doubt, necessary and important. However, connecting structure and policy making in order to learn about the consequences of alternative arrangements can be assumed to be the ultimate concern of academics as well as of practitioners. The relation...
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作者:Burth, HP; Görlitz, A
作者单位:University of Stuttgart
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作者:Johansson, R; Borell, K
作者单位:Mid-Sweden University; Mid-Sweden University
摘要:Recently, some European social scientists have claimed that the old legal-bureaucratic model of administration has been replaced by a new paradigm in public administration, characterized by a strong emphasis on collaboration in local interorganizational networks. The proponents of this policy network approach take a clearly voluntaristic view on policy implementation; network actors build consensus in negotiation processes, and the role of central government is restricted to that of goal-sette...
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作者:Jordan, A
作者单位:University of East Anglia
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作者:Cutting, B; Kouzmin, A
作者单位:Western Sydney University
摘要:Like other liberal-democratic governments, Australia has been going through a process of dramatic change in political and administrative structures and processes. There has been the well-documented shift from controlling inputs to managing for results which has resulted in the desired enhancement of executive government's responsibility and accountability for outcomes. A clear understanding of the evolving process of cabinet decision making points the way ahead to the next phase of reform. Wha...