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Promoting public sector innovation: who does what, when and how? 促进公共部门创新：谁做什么、何时做、如何做？

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Public Policy and Administration Pub Date : 2024-08-26 DOI: 10.1177/09520767241271848

Mats Fred, Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren

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Contours of a research programme for the study of the relationship of religion and public administration 宗教与公共行政关系研究计划的轮廓

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Public Policy and Administration Pub Date : 2024-08-16 DOI: 10.1177/09520767241272897

Edoardo Ongaro, Michele Tantardini

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Artificial intelligence and public administration: Understanding actors, governance, and policy from micro, meso, and macro perspectives 人工智能与公共行政：从微观、中观和宏观角度理解行动者、治理和政策

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Public Policy and Administration Pub Date : 2024-08-14 DOI: 10.1177/09520767241272921

J Ignacio Criado, Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazán, J Ramon Gil-Garcia

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Sustainable urban development: A scoping review of barriers to the public policy and administration 可持续城市发展：对公共政策和行政管理障碍的范围审查

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Public Policy and Administration Pub Date : 2024-08-03 DOI: 10.1177/09520767241266410

Diego Galego, Giovanni Esposito, Nathalie Crutzen

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Appraising the philosophical influences on modern public administration research 评估哲学对现代公共行政研究的影响

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Public Policy and Administration Pub Date : 2024-07-23 DOI: 10.1177/09520767241266774

Li Tang, Zhaopeng Li, Hongxu Liu, Yijia Jing

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Theoretical-methodological aspects of researching the area of religion and public administration 宗教与公共行政领域研究的理论方法问题

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Public Policy and Administration Pub Date : 2024-07-23 DOI: 10.1177/09520767241265151

Adrian Kay

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Breaking barriers for breaking ground: A categorisation of public sector challenges to smart city project implementation 打破障碍，开辟新天地：公共部门在实施智慧城市项目时面临的挑战分类

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Public Policy and Administration Pub Date : 2024-07-20 DOI: 10.1177/09520767241263233

Emine Zehra Akgün, Paolo Gerli, Luca Mora, Clare McTigue

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What can we learn from service model analysis? An application in the government export finance sector 我们能从服务模式分析中学到什么？政府出口融资部门的应用

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Public Policy and Administration Pub Date : 2024-05-04 DOI: 10.1177/09520767241251913

Andreas Klasen, Kuno Schedler

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Integrating philosophical perspectives into the study of public administration: The contribution of Critical Realism to understanding public value 将哲学观点纳入公共行政研究：批判现实主义对理解公共价值的贡献

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Public Policy and Administration Pub Date : 2024-04-18 DOI: 10.1177/09520767241246654

Edoardo Ongaro, Yi Yang

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Mundane dynamics: Understanding collaborative governance approaches to ‘big’ problems through studying ‘small’ practices 平凡的动态：通过研究 "小 "实践了解解决 "大 "问题的合作治理方法

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Public Policy and Administration Pub Date : 2024-04-15 DOI: 10.1177/09520767241244981

Yvonne La Grouw, Oemar van der Woerd, E. Lianne Visser, Wieke Blijleven

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