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作者：Waterman, RW
作者单位：University of Kentucky
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作者：West, WF
摘要：This study examines the role of public notice and comment in the development of 42 rules. These procedures can provide useful information to policy makers about the preferences of those who stand to be affected by agency actions. More importantly, they serve as cues for the accommodation of interests and the resolution of conflict through processes that are grounded in agencies' accountability to political officials. Yet, on examination of the interrelationship between formal, procedural const...
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作者：Cornia, GC; Nelson, RD; Wilko, A
作者单位：Brigham Young University; Brigham Young University
摘要：Revenue forecasts play an important role in the state government budget and policy process. These forecasts are generally reported to executive and legislative leaders as point estimates, with no acknowledgment of their corresponding risk and uncertainty. The revenue semaphores proposed in this article outline procedures by which revenue uncertainty directly influences the planning process. The goal is not to make forecasts more accurate, but to make discussions of budget and revenue alternati...
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作者：Johnson, LK
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
摘要：In 1947, the United States created a modem intelligence community to guard against another surprise attack like the one at Pearl Harbor. This community consists of 13 major agencies, among them the CIA and the FBI. Concealed from public view, they pose a significant challenge to the concept of government accountability in a democratic society. This article examines the failure of congressional lawmakers to hold the secret agencies accountable during the Cold War. Contrary to recent theoretical...
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作者：Stewart, J; Kringas, P
作者单位：University of Canberra
摘要：Change is a ubiquitous theme in management literature, but empirical studies that seek to draw lessons from the experience of managing change are rare. By investigating patterns of change management in six Australian federal agencies, we elicit a number of factors contributing to success-though success is itself not a clear-cut concept in this area. We found support for a number of broad themes already apparent in the literature and suggest that change processes that have the support of the wo...
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作者：Kalu, KN
摘要：Over the years, the public administration literature has generated many different strands in the definition and conceptualization of citizenship. In theory and in practice., our understanding of what it means to be a citizen is in danger of being muddled amid the diversity of perspectives and the epistemological confusion generated in the contemporary discourse on the subject. My aim in this article is to clarify and elaborate a common thread that runs through our contemporary understanding of...
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作者：Feiock, RC; Jeong, MG; Kim, J
作者单位：State University System of Florida; Florida State University; State University System of Florida; Florida State University; Seoul National University (SNU)
摘要：The credible constraint of morally hazardous or opportunistic behavior can enhance efficiency. This idea is applied to an examination of local government institutions to identify how council-manager government constrains opportunism in economic development by substituting low-power bureaucratic incentives for high-power electoral incentives. A panel design isolates changes in the use of development strategies or instruments in 516 cities. The central argument presented here is that the Progres...
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作者：Teaster, PB
摘要：Public guardians are appointed by the state to meet the needs of incapacitated citizens when no other willing or responsible surrogate decision maker exists. These public administrators, who live the decisional life of another citizen, need meaningful controls and accountability because of the great private and public authority that is entrusted to them. A review of program documents, interviews with public guardians and their program supervisors, and participant observations revealed complex ...
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作者：Brooks, AC
作者单位：Syracuse University
摘要：Public radio in the United States receives both direct and indirect government funding. Direct subsidies come in the form of lump-sum and matching grants, while indirect subsidies proceed from tax revenues forgone on tax-deductible private donations. Each of these sources of government money affects charitable giving to public radio. This article estimates both of these effects, using data on 91 public radio stations in the United States during 1995. Data analysis shows that public funding to ...
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作者：Huque, AS; Yep, R
作者单位：City University of Hong Kong
摘要：On July 1, 1997, the world watched with great anticipation and. curiosity as China resumed sovereignty over Hong Kong. Before, during, and after the British transferred power, many wondered if socialist China could accommodate capitalist Hong Kong and its efficient administrative system. The idea of one country, two systems is intriguing in theory but how well does it work in practice? Given China's emerging importance as a political and economic power, the editors asked several leading schola...
