功绩还是木偶?联邦项目拨款的决策与政治控制分析

IF 1.6 Q3 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Jordan T. Long, Benjamin M. Brunjes
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项目拨款是指定用于资助一个特定的计划或计划的,应该是基于拨款申请的技术价值来授予的。然而,公共行政人员通常受到政治优先事项的影响。我们询问管理者在授予项目资助时是否优先考虑绩效或政治目标。我们确定了用于授予项目赠款的三种决策过程:政治、行政和出口。然后,使用2008年至2015年八个美国联邦拨款项目的数据,我们分析了使用这些决策过程的拨款是否显示出政治影响的迹象。我们发现有证据表明,使用政治或行政决策形式的赠款容易受到立法优先事项的影响。第三方专家颁发的赠款没有显示出政治影响的证据。我们得出的结论是,政治因素对项目拨款的分配很重要,这为立法者和管理者之间的相互依存关系提供了见解。关键词:决策,政治,拨款,合同,猪肉桶政治,联邦制,政治控制,官僚政治,公共行政。
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Merit or Marionettes? An Analysis of Decision-Making and the Political Control of Federal Project Grant Awards
Abstract Project grants, which are designated to fund a particular program or initiative, are supposed to be awarded based on the technical merit of the grant application. However, public administrators are commonly influenced by political priorities. We ask whether administrators prioritize merit or political objectives when awarding project grants. We identify three decision-making processes used to award project grants: political, administrative, and exported. Then, using data from eight U.S. federal grant programs from 2008 – 2015, we analyze whether grants using each of these decision-making processes show signs of political influence. We find evidence that grants using either political or administrative forms of decision-making are susceptible to legislative priorities. Grants awarded by third-party experts show no evidence of political influence. We conclude that political factors are important for the allocation of project grants, offering insights into the interdependent relationship between legislators and administrators. Keywords: Decision-Making, Politics, Grants, Contracts, Pork Barrel Politics, Federalism, Political Control, Bureaucratic Politics, Public Administration.
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