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作者：Light, PC
作者单位：New York University
摘要：The past six decades have witnessed acceleration in both the number and variety of major administrative reform statutes enacted by Congress. This increase can be explained partly by the increased involvement of Congress, a parallel decrease in activity and resistance by the presidency, and heightened public distrust toward government. At least part of the variation in the tides or philosophies of reform involves a field of dreams effect in which the creation of new governmental structure durin...
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作者：Jones, Lawrence R.
作者单位：United States Department of Defense; United States Navy; Naval Postgraduate School
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作者：Quah, Jon S. T.
作者单位：National University of Singapore
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作者：Callahan, Kathe; Dubnick, Melvin J.; Olshfski, Dorothy
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; Rutgers University New Brunswick; University System Of New Hampshire; University of New Hampshire
摘要：Unlike past American wars, the current war on terror has not been associated with a centrally proffered narrative providing some guidance and orientation for those administering government services under state-of-war conditions. War is as much a cultural endeavor as it is a military undertaking, and the absence of a clear sensemaking narrative was detected in this study of public administrators from three agencies with varying proximity to the conflict. Q-methodology was used to explore the wa...
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作者：Isett, KR; Morrissey, JP; Topping, S
作者单位：Columbia University; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; University of Southern Mississippi
摘要：This article examines the stability of street-level bureaucrats' negative perceptions regarding a newly implemented managed care system on quality of care and service delivery in a publicly funded behavioral health care system. Overall findings indicate that the generally negative perception of managed care did not differ between staff in the two programs, indicating a weak effect on attitudes of frontline workers. More proximal variables to the caregiver, such as service type and job title, s...
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作者：Fung, Archon
作者单位：Harvard University
摘要：The multifaceted challenges of contemporary governance demand a complex account of the ways in which those who are subject to laws and policies should participate in making them. This article develops a framework for understanding the range of institutional possibilities for public participation. Mechanisms of participation vary along three important dimensions: who participates, bow participants communicate with one another and make decisions together and bow discussions are linked with polic...
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作者：Shields, Patricia M.
作者单位：Texas State University System; Texas State University San Marcos
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作者：Jreisat, Jamil E.
作者单位：State University System of Florida; University of South Florida
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作者：Garrett, RS; Thurber, JA; Fritschler, AL; Rosenbloom, DH
作者单位：American University; Brookings Institution; Dickinson College; George Mason University
摘要：The literature on the implications of electoral bureaucracy bashing for public management is thin. This is partly because of the difficulty of defining basic terms and measuring results in meaningful ways, Using focus group data, this article explores how senior federal managers perceive campaign bureaucracy bashing and assess its consequences. The participants perceive that candidate-based bashing affects federal management on two levels: one emotional, the other programmatic. The emotional i...
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作者：Cooper, Terry L.; Bryer, Thomas A.; Meek, Jack W.
作者单位：University of Southern California; University of Southern California
摘要：Civic engagement and collaborative public management are concepts that are defined broadly, making theoretical explication challenging and practical application of empirical research difficult. In this article, the authors adopt definitions of civic engagement and collaborative public management that are centered on the citizen and the potential for active citizenship. Following a historical review of civic engagement in the United States, a conceptual model of five approaches to civic engagem...
