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作者：Stout, Margaret
作者单位：West Virginia University
摘要：A growing number of public administration theorists are taking up the question of ontologythe nature of existence. This primer on the topic provides a basic explanation of ontology, describes the fundamental debates in the competing ontologies of Western philosophy, and discusses why ontology is important to social and political theory, as well as to public administration theory and practice. Using an ideal-type approach, the author analyzes how different ontologies imply particular political ...
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作者：Moynihan, Donald P.; Lavertu, Stephane
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; University System of Ohio; Ohio State University
摘要：Cognitive biases are heuristics that shape individual preferences and decisions in a way that is at odds with means-end rationality. The effects of cognitive biases on governing are underexplored. The authors study how election administrators cognitive biases shape their preferences for e-voting technology using data from a national survey of local election officials. The technology acceptance model, which employs a rational, means-end perspective, suggests that the perceived benefits of e-vot...
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作者：Resh, William G.
作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
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作者：Rossmann, Doralyn; Shanahan, Elizabeth A.
作者单位：Montana State University System; Montana State University Bozeman; Montana State University System; Montana State University Bozeman
摘要：Achieving public participation often is a goal for public budgeting entities, but it is difficult to accomplish in practice. This study examines three questions: How do public representatives interpret and define their democratic responsibilities? What are their insights regarding opportunities for and barriers to participatory budgeting processes? To what extent are these goals met? To address these questions, this research employs a qualitative research strategy with a case study design of a...
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作者：Christensen, Tom; Dong, Lisheng; Painter, Martin; Walker, Richard M.
作者单位：University of Oslo; Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; City University of Hong Kong
摘要：This article explores the attitudes of officials in the upper echelons in Chinese provincial and local government toward the origins of administrative reform. The authors examine the somewhat dichotomous argument that reform imitates the West or is indigenous and contend that both influences are present. Data drawn from a survey of party cadres and government officials show that cultural factors (time in government, overall knowledge of administrative reforms, together with familiarity with th...
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作者：Bifulco, Robert; Bunch, Beverly; Duncombe, William; Robbins, Mark; Simonsen, William
作者单位：Syracuse University; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Springfield; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Springfield; University of Connecticut
摘要：Government borrowing occurs whenever the government forgoes control over some future flow of resources or benefits in order to acquire resources for current use. Based on this definition, the authors identify several ways that state governments borrow, which include widely recognized forms of debt as well as types of actions that are less transparent. Case studies for Connecticut, Illinois, and New York document the large amounts of future commitments that these states have taken on to cover o...
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作者：Grimmelikhuijsen, Stephan G.; Welch, Eric W.
作者单位：Utrecht University; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital
摘要：This article contributes to the emerging literature on transparency by developing and empirically testing a theoretical framework that explains the determinants of local government Web site transparency. It aims to answer the following central question: What institutional factors determine the different dimensions of government transparency? The framework distinguishes three dimensions of transparencydecision making transparency, policy information transparency, and policy outcome transparency...
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作者：Haverland, Markus; Yanow, Dvora
作者单位：Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; University of Amsterdam; Wageningen University & Research
摘要：Scientific conversations can be riddled with confusion when contributions to the discussion are based on notions about ways of knowing that remain implicit. Researchers often mix different methodological positions in their research designs because they lack an awareness of the distinctions between different ways of knowing and their associated methods. The authors engage and reflect on these differences, with particular attention to four areas: research question formulations, the character and...
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作者：Carboni, Julia L.; Milward, H. Brinton
作者单位：Purdue University System; Purdue University; Purdue University in Indianapolis; University of Arizona
摘要：With the United States grappling with the greatest economic downturn since the Great Depression, questions are emerging about whether outsourcing contributes to the instability of government service production. In this article, the authors explore systemic risk in privatized service implementation networks. Reliance on networks of private agents for service production contributes to the disarticulated and fragmented state and increases the potential for systemic crisis if shocks to the network...
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作者：Roberts, Alasdair
作者单位：Suffolk University
