Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory articles from January 2002

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory archives from January 2002

Bureaucratic discretion, agency structure, and democratic responsiveness: the case of the United States Attorneys. (Articles).(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Bureaucratic discretion is a central and continuing concern in American politics and administration. Over the past century, social scientists have consistently voiced concerns about the transition to greater administrative discretion (Goodnow...

Speed bumps and roadblocks: procedural controls and regulatory change. (Articles).(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Have attempts by politicians to control bureaucratic action led to an abandonment of the rule-making process? Do these controls allow enacting coalitions of politicians to control future bureaucratic decision making? This study is an attempt to...

With friends like these: rule-making comment submissions to the Securities and Exchange Commission. (Articles).
January 1, 2002... REGULATION AND IRON TRIANGLES Although some scholars have argued to the contrary (Pertschuk 1982; Kelman 1982; Seligman 1995), many political scientists and economists have long argued that regulatory agencies exist to benefit and serve the...

Are computers boosting productivity? A test of the paradox in state governments. (Articles).(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... During the last two decades, information technology (IT) investments have grown rapidly. Business in the United States alone invested more than $1 trillion in the last decade (Twigg 1995). Thus far, however, productivity improvements associated...

Community v. self-interest: citizen perceptions of schools as civic investments. (Articles).(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... In the wake of declining confidence and trust in government, there has been a growing realization of the profound importance of the relationship between citizens and their communities regarding the functioning of our society (Benest 1996; Brehm...

Enhancing policy models with exploratory analysis. (Epistemology and Methodology).(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Policy analysts generally model policy outcomes as dependent on both policy tools and controls (variables that the policy maker can and cannot manipulate, respectively), then they test those hypotheses using some form of regression. Typically,...

What is the new public management? (Book Review Essay).
January 1, 2002... After more than a decade of spirited debate, neither its supporters nor its critics can quite get a handle on what the new public management is--and in particular on what is new about it--let alone on whether, taken as a whole, it is a good...