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127 Public administration Articles
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Administrative Procedures as Instruments of Political Control
links.jstor.org— — “This paper examines the role of administrative law in assisting political actors in controlling the bureaucracy.”
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Political Implications of Budgetary Reform
links.jstor.org— — “For years budget reforms have been sought in the name of economy, efficiency, and good government…In this article the author argues that few, if any, reformers realize that any effective change in the budgetary process inevitably results in changes in the “who gets what” of government decisions.”
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Bureaucrats and Politicians - William A. Niskanen
links.jstor.org— — “My theory represents the relation between an elementary bureau and its government review group as that of a bilateral monopoly.”
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The Politics–Administration Dichotomy in U.S. Historical Context
blackwell-synergy.com— — “This article distinguishes the competing interpretations of the politics–administration dichotomy, noting that as, originally framed, it was intended to detach partisan politics and patronage from sound public management.”
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The Politics–Administration Dichotomy: An Empirical Search for Correspondence between Theory and Practice
blackwell-synergy.com— — “The politics–administration dichotomy has been one of the most disputed theories of public administration. This article first builds a theoretical model of the politics–administration dichotomy and then evaluates the model using empirical data…”
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Ministerial responsibility and the machinery of government
blackwell-synergy.com— — “This article examines the relationship between ministerial responsibility and the machinery of government.”
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Truth in government and the politicization of public service advice
blackwell-synergy.com— — “The growing openness of government documentation is placing pressure on departmental officials who wish to be both loyal to their political masters and honest in their factual assessments. These issues are discussed with reference to recent Australian experience.”
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Street-level bureaucracy and public accountability
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“In this article some axiomatic assumptions are drawn from the existing literature on the theme of street-level bureaucracy and on the conception of governance. Arguing for contextualized research, this results in a rethinking of the issue of accountability at the street level.”
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In Praise of Bureaucracy? A Dissent From Australia
aas.sagepub.com— — “This article explores whether bureaucracy creates alienation, through a case study of the Australian Public Service. By examining the structural determinants of seven job characteristics, it shows that alienation is generated by six features of bureaucracy…”
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Toward a Relevant Agenda for a Responsive Public Administration
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“The relevance of the concept “bureaucratic responsiveness” has been questioned [due to] environmental changes that are occurring in public administration. This article formulate[s] a set of six variants… dictated, constrained, purposive, entrepreneurial, collaborative, and negotiated.”
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Ministerial responsibility and the machinery of government
blackwell-synergy.com— — “This article examines the relationship between ministerial responsibility and the machinery of government. It discusses how constitutional government and the practical day-to-day functioning of a parliamentary democracy depend on ministerial responsibility.”
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Performance Targets and Public Service Improvement
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“Theories of rational planning suggest that organizational performance improves if targets for future achievements are set. We test this proposition using panel data for 147 English local education authorities between 1998 and 2003.”
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Administrative Justice in Public Welfare Bureaucracies
aas.sagepub.com— — “One of the few avenues open to citizens to dispute mistakes in the administration of public welfare programs is administrative hearings. Recipients rarely use them. This has implications for social equity… this study explores why recipients did or did not appeal, their work sanctions.”
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Six Normative Principles for the Contracting-Out Debate
aas.sagepub.com— — “Six principles are developed for [study] in the debate as to when and how government should directly administer its activities versus contract them out…The principles are inspired by the purposes of government stated in the Preamble to the Constitution and Friedrich’s concept of public admin…”
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Agents or Stewards: Using Theory to Understand the Government-Nonprofit Social Service Contracting Relationship
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“Using agency and stewardship theories, this study examines how public administrators manage contracting relationships with nonprofit organizations… The use of trust, reputation, and monitoring as well as other factors influence the manner in which contract relationships are managed…”
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Policymaking in the Age of Internet: Is the Internet Tending to Make Policy Networks More or Less Inclusive?
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“Has the Internet tended to make policy deliberations more inclusive? Has it affected patterns of influence reputation among network participants? Has the Internet helped to bring new organizations into policy debates? This study provides preliminary answers to these questions.”
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Managing Intergovernmental Relations in Australia: The Case of Agricultural Policy Cooperation
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“This article examines the impact of the Council of Australian Governments’ 2004 changes to the guidelines of 40 ministerial councils and intergovernmental fora, in particular the impact on those relating to agriculture.”
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More than Writing on a Wall: Evaluating the Role that Codes of Ethics Play in Securing Accountability of Public Sector Decision-Makers
“This article argues that the essential factors of a public service code of ethics can be divided into five categories: fairness, transparency, responsibility, efficiency and conflict of interest. These principles are… the basic elements of democratic accountability.”
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The Role of the Public Manager in Inclusion: Creating Communities of Participation
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“This article focuses on the role of the public manager in bringing about inclusion. One of the challenges for public managers practicing inclusive management is the necessity of combining information and perspectives of three domains: the political, the technical, and the local or experiential.”
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Understanding Public Policy through Its Instruments—From the Nature of Instruments to the Sociology of Public Policy Instrumentation
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“This paper aims to explain the significance of a political sociology approach to public policy instruments in accounting for processes of public policy change…”