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作者：Bozeman, Barry
作者单位：Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix
摘要：A new set of political corruption concepts is introduced, impervious corruption foremost among them. Impervious corruption occurs when a corrupt political actor is unchecked by institutional guardians, giving the corrupt individual a sense of invulnerability. The resultant relationship between impervious corruption and deformation of democracy is then explained. The focus turns to President Donald Trump's political corruption and shows how the current United States political ecology has suborn...
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作者：Cawood, Ian
作者单位：University of Stirling
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作者：Thompson, Frank J.
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick
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作者：Potoski, Matthew; Lund-Sorensen, Bjarke; Petersen, Ole Helby
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Santa Barbara; Roskilde University
摘要：Transaction cost (TC) theoretical constructs are central to research throughout the social sciences, yet key concepts, such as measurability and asset specificity, often defy systematic empirical measurement. In government contracting research, empirical measurements of key TC theoretical constructs are limited to the International City/County Management Association's surveys of US municipal and county governments. We present a preregistered method using machine learning algorithms to generate...
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作者：Ritz, Adrian; Micacchi, Lorenza
作者单位：University of Bern
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作者：Trangbaek, Amalie
作者单位：Aarhus University
摘要：This study addresses how senior civil servants navigate the tension between responsiveness and competence through functional politicization. Based on rich observational data (300 h) and interview material (42 interviews), the article theorizes how senior civil servants navigate this tension by providing advice that integrates political considerations with professional technical knowledge to challenge the minister, provide alternative solutions, and clarify consequences. I call this practice re...
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作者：Li, Yanwei; Han, Ziqiang; Yin, Hui
作者单位：Shandong University; Shandong University
摘要：While institution-based accountability, rooted in rational-legal authority and procedural regularity, is widely seen as the gold standard for ensuring legitimacy, limited empirical evidence supports this belief. Drawing on a preregistered conjoint experiment with 2611 Chinese public servants, this study examines how two distinct approaches of account-holding, campaign-based and institution-based, impact their perceptions of legitimacy. Our study has found that the differences between instituti...
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作者：Willoughby, Katherine; Raadschelders, Jos; Yi, Hongtao
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; State University System of Florida; Florida State University
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作者：Porumbescu, Gregory A.; Trehan, Vishal; Edomwonyi, Agbonlahor
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; Rutgers University New Brunswick
摘要：As governments increasingly digitalize client encounters, there are growing concerns that standardized platforms may reduce bureaucratic responsiveness, particularly for historically underserved communities. We examine whether frontline workers help close that gap through their use of civic-tech platforms. Analyzing 8037 service requests from Newark's Open311 system (2019-2022) using machine learning classification and spatial analysis, we find that frontline workers submitted nearly 25% of al...
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作者：Christensen, Tom; Laegreid, Per
作者单位：University of Oslo; University of Bergen
