Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory articles from July 2008

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory archives from July 2008

Politics versus professionalism: the effect of institutional structure on democratic decision making in a cContested policy arena.
July 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION Scholars of public administration and public policy analysis have long been preoccupied with the problem of melding professional policy knowledge with democratic decision making (Bimber 1991; Shulock 1999). A policy area where...

What determines how long political appointees serve?
July 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION The US Constitution charges the president to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed." Enabling this charge, the president is empowered to "require the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer of each of the...

Choosing public sector employment: the impact of wages on the representation of women and minorities in state bureaucracies.
July 1, 2008... The extent to which the public bureaucracy is representative of the society it serves has long been considered an important issue by scholars interested in the interplay between public administration and democracy. Concern has focused...

Political insulation, information exchange, and interest group access to the bureaucracy.(Report)
July 1, 2008... When legislative coalitions face uncertain political futures, they have an incentive to use agency design (McCubbins, Noll, and Weingast [McNollgast] 1987, 1989) to protect their policies from future elected officials (De Figueiredo 2002; De...

Nonprofit organizations in environmental management: a comparative analysis of government impacts.(Clinical report)
July 1, 2008... Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) have been part of the institutional fabric of the United States throughout its history. However, the government and nonprofit sectors have become increasingly intertwined and interdependent in recent years....

Sector perceptions among state-level public managers.(Report)
July 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION In the face of widespread retirements, the reform or removal of civil service protections, increased outsourcing, reduction-in-force layoffs, and other efforts to do more with less, public agencies face the ever-growing...

Transit contracting reexamined: determinants of cost efficiency and resource allocation.
July 1, 2008... During the Reagan Era, public transit was identified as a promising service for privatization (Lave 1985; Savas 1987; Waiters 1987), and definitive steps were taken to involve private firms in the delivery of transit services. The Urban Mass...