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Decentralization and corruption in public service delivery: Local institutional arrangements that can help reduce governance risks 权力下放与公共服务提供中的腐败:有助于降低治理风险的地方制度安排

1区管理学

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Pub Date : 2023-09-27 DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muad022

Alan Zarychta, Michelle E Benedum, Emily Sanchez, Krister P Andersson

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Improving delivery of the social safety net: The role of stigma 改善社会安全网的提供:污名的作用

IF 4.2 1区管理学

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Pub Date : 2023-09-21 DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muad021

Jessica Lasky-Fink, Elizabeth Linos

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Assessing the Effects of User Accountability in Contracting Out 评估用户问责制在外包中的效果

IF 4.2 1区管理学

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Pub Date : 2023-09-18 DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muad020

Marc Esteve, Juan Carlos Garrido-Rodríguez, Alice Moore, Christian Schuster, José Luis Zafra Gómez

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Safety and Proportion: A Qualitative Study of Expert Perceptions of OSH Decision Making in the UK 安全与比例:在英国职业安全卫生决策的专家看法的定性研究

1区管理学

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Pub Date : 2023-09-13 DOI: 10.5539/par.v12n2p33

Laurence N. Ball

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On the frontline of global inequalities: A decolonial approach to the study of street-level bureaucracies 在全球不平等的前线：研究街头官僚机构的非殖民化方法

IF 4.2 1区管理学

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Pub Date : 2023-08-24 DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muad019

F. Eiró, G. Lotta

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Does Reducing Street-level Bureaucrats’ Workload Enhance Equity in Program Access? Evidence from Burdensome College Financial Aid Programs 减少基层官僚的工作量能提高项目准入的公平性吗?来自繁重的大学财政援助项目的证据

IF 4.2 1区管理学

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Pub Date : 2023-08-17 DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muad018

E. Bell, Katharine Meyer

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The Role of Intermediate Collaborative Forums in Polycentric Environmental Governance 中间协作论坛在多中心环境治理中的作用

IF 4.2 1区管理学

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muad017

Adam Wiechman, S. A. Vicario, Elizabeth A. Koebele

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Volunteers in Public Service Production: Modeling the Contributions of Volunteers to Organizational Performance 公共服务生产中的志愿者：志愿者对组织绩效贡献的建模

IF 4.2 1区管理学

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Pub Date : 2023-07-20 DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muad016

Seong-Cheol Kang

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Rulemaking Speed in the U.S. States 美国的规则制定速度

IF 4.2 1区管理学

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Pub Date : 2023-07-18 DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muad013

Graeme T. Boushey, Robert J. McGrath

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Responding to Environmental Uncertainties in Critical Supply Acquisition: An Examination of Contracting for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the Aftermath of COVID-19 应对关键物资采购中的环境不确定性:COVID-19后个人防护装备(PPE)合同审查

IF 4.2 1区管理学

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Pub Date : 2023-07-17 DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muad015

Eric J. Boyer

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