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作者：Werlin, HH
作者单位：State University of New York (SUNY) System; Stony Brook University; Texas Tech University System; Texas Tech University
摘要：This article argues that the difference between poor countries and rich countries has to do with governance rather than resources. In emphasizing the importance of public administration in explaining economic success and failure, the author examines three general theories of governance (organizational, cultural, and structural-functional) presented in Ferrel Heady's textbook in comparative administration. Political elasticity theory is introduced as a way to reconcile and overcome the weakness...
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作者：Fredericksen, PJ
作者单位：Boise State University
摘要：The prominent role that the non-profit sector plays in the delivery of public goods and services has received increased attention from academics and practitioners. Three new additions to the growing literature in this area warrant the scrutiny of public administrators, scholars, and students. In 1980, Frederick Mosher called for attention to the fundamental shifts in the purposes, emphases, and methods of federal operations (Mosher 1980, 541). He noted that changes in the content of what the g...
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作者：Boin, A; 't Hart, P
作者单位：Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC; Utrecht University
摘要：Crisis management (prevention, preparedness, response, and reconstruction) is a tough task for political and bureaucratic leaders. This article documents the persistent tensions between the expectations and realities of crisis leadership. It explores the popular notion that crises provide key opportunities for reform. The very occurrence of a crisis is then thought to expose the status quo as problematic, making it easier to gain momentum for alternative policies and institutions. We argue tha...
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作者：Van Slyke, DM
摘要：States and municipalities have privatized services in an effort to improve their cost-effectiveness and quality. Competition provides the logical foundation for an expectation of cost savings and quality improvements, but competition does not exist in many local marketplaces-especially in the social services, where governments contract primarily with nonprofit organizations. As government increases its use of contracting, it simultaneously reduces its own public-management capacity, imperiling...
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作者：Kellough, JE; Selden, SC
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; University of Lynchburg
摘要：Reform is a common theme in American public administration. During the twentieth century at least 12 major administrative reforms have taken place at the federal level and countless others in state and local governments. Frequently, these reforms have addressed the operation of public personnel management systems. Recent efforts associated with the reinventing government movement, for example, hove proposed numerous alterations to civil service rules and procedures, and many jurisdictions have...
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作者：Kellogg, WA; Mathur, A
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Cleveland State University
摘要：Scientific studies and resident testimony suggest that urban residents in low-income and minority communities have been subject to an unequal burden of environmental pollution and inequitable environmental enforcement practices. A key component of the equitable development and implementation of environmental policies is the participation of citizens and community-based organizations in the policy process. Such participation rests upon equitable access to agency-generated environmental informat...
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作者：Fredericksen, PJ
作者单位：Boise State University
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作者：Douglas, JW; Hartley, RE
作者单位：University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia; University of Arizona
摘要：Judicial independence in American politics has been hailed as a means of preserving individual liberty and minority rights against the actions of the majoritarian branches of government. Recently, however, legal professionals and scholars of the courts have begun to question the magnitude of judicial independence, suggesting that budgeting and finance issues pose a threat to judicial independence. This article explores whether state judiciaries are being threatened on this front by soliciting ...
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作者：Chetkovich, C
作者单位：Harvard University
摘要：Recent decades have seen a trend in which public policy graduates shun government and enter private-sector employment. In part, the shift reflects changing sectoral opportunities, but its magnitude and consistency are puzzling-even troubling-in light of the need for public-sector talent. Data from a two-year series of surveys and interviews with policy students reveal that many begin their training with uncertain career goals and ambivalence about public-sector work. Interest in government dec...
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作者：Welch, EW
作者单位：University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital
