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作者:Eckerd, Adam; Heidelberg, Roy L.
作者单位:Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; Louisiana State University System; Louisiana State University
摘要:Brownfields pose challenges to both communities and policy makers. Public funds are insufficient to remediate these contaminated sites, but, given the uncertainty of contamination and the complexity of liability, private interests are reluctant to become involved for fear of future litigation. From a New Public Management perspective, market incentives can be used to encourage private sector remediation of sites. However, this change implies a shift in administrative function from regulation t...
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作者:Fruchter, Dasi
作者单位:New York University
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作者:Plant, Jeremy F.
作者单位:Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University
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作者:West, William F.
作者单位:Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Bush School of Government & Public Service
摘要:The fact that centralized executive oversight of agency policy making is primarily reactive reflects the motives and constraints that define the president's relationship with the domestic bureaucracy. Such a strategy allows for the allocation of limited resources to agency initiatives that are inconsistent with the president's agenda or that evoke conflict within the executive branch or the larger political system. This calls into question the descriptive model of presidential administration a...
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作者:Chan, Sewin
作者单位:New York University
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作者:Harding, Stephen
作者单位:Northwestern University
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作者:Jacobsen, Henrik
作者单位:University of Oxford
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作者:Carley, Sanya; Nicholson-Crotty, Sean; Fisher, Eric J.
作者单位:Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
摘要:Programs administered by the U.S. Department of Energy under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 were designed to spur investment in clean energy and jump-start the economy. There was considerable variation, however, in the proportion of obligated funds that states spent during each year. A primary goal of the ARRA was to infuse as much money as possible into the struggling economy; however, there was significant variation in the success with which states implemented thes...
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作者:Nelson, Kimberly L.; Svara, James H.
作者单位:University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
摘要:The standard narrative to explain the evolution of roles filled by city managers suggests that managers originally served as administrative technicians who carried out the policy directives of city councils, but, over time, they became more involved in policy advice and community leadership. This article documents enduring involvement in policy and the recent expansion of community leadership, analyzing definitions of the manager's roles offered by practitioners and scholars since the beginnin...
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作者:Chowdhury, Farzana
作者单位:Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington