Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory articles from October 2001

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory archives from October 2001

Reluctant partners: the role of preferences, incentives, and monitoring in program compliance. (Articles).
October 1, 2001... Defining and predicting successful implementation in public programs have long been concerns for political scientists and other researchers. Early work was largely prescriptive, and for a time implementation researchers seemed to have veered...

Structure and discretion: missing links in representative bureaucracy. (Articles).(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Bureaucracies are political institutions that are capable of representing the interests of citizens just as legislatures or executives do (Mosher 1969; Rourke 1984). Some bureaucracies are designed to be active representatives, to seek out and...

Regulatory compliance and air quality permitting: why do firms overcomply? (Articles).(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... In the environmental economics literature, overcompliance typically is measured by the cost differential between the minimal pollution control strategies that are required by law and those that are implemented by industrial firms (McClelland...

Global information technology pressure and government accountability: the mediating effect of domestic context on website openness. (Articles).(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... To what extent does the global information technology revolution affect the openness and transparency of bureaucracies? And in what ways does the domestic context of nations determine the willingness or ability of bureaucrats to be accountable...

Barriers to security clearances for gay men and lesbians: fear of blackmail or fear of homosexuals? (Articles).(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Historically, the federal government has been a far-from-model employer of lesbians and gay men. It officially prohibited their employment in the 1950s, did not remove homosexuality as grounds for dismissal until the mid-1970s, did not pledge...

Public-sector work motivation: a review of the current literature and a revised conceptual model. (Articles).
October 1, 2001... In a recent article, Behn (1995) urged scholars to focus their research on the big questions in public management. One of the most important of these questions, according to Behn, concerns motivation. Specifically, the field needs to learn how...

City Schools and City Policies: Institutions and Leadership in Pittsburgh, Boston, and St. Louis. (Book Reviews).(Review)
October 1, 2001... John Portz, Lana Stein, and Robin R. Jones. City Schools and City Politics: Institutions and Leadership in Pittsburgh, Boston, and St. Louis. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1999. Cloth $35.00; Paper $16.95.244 pages. One of the...