Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory articles from October 2006

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory archives from October 2006

There will always be a new federalism.
October 1, 2006... There was a time when it was stylish among political scientists to write about the death of federalism. That it will whither away. I want to reassure readers--if for any reason you are worried about this--it won't happen. There will always be a...

Connecting the dots in public management: political environment, organizational goal ambiguity, and the public manager's role ambiguity.
October 1, 2006... Despite well-argued briefs in favor of public organizations' distinctive institutional context (e.g., Perry and Rainey 1988; Wamsley and Zald 1973), much of the scholarship on organization behavior and theory subscribes to a generic perspective...

Influences on the size and scope of networks for social service delivery.
October 1, 2006... We have entered a new era of governance in which public organizations increasingly devolve the implementation of public policies to cross-sectoral collaborations--networks, alliances, or partnerships among public, secular and faith-based...

Institutional change and coproduction of public services: the effect of charter schools on parental involvement.
October 1, 2006... By participating in the production of public services, intended beneficiaries can often raise the quality of those services. For instance, residents can enhance the effectiveness of public police protection by organizing neighborhood watch...

Sectoral ethos: an investigation of the personal values systems of female and male managers in the public and private sectors.(Report)
October 1, 2006... Researchers' continuing interest in values stems from the pervasive and important influence of personal values on attitudes and behavior (England 1967; England and Lee 1974; Rokeach 1968). This interest, which dates back many years (Allport...

Testing the expectancy disconfirmation model of citizen satisfaction with local government.(Report)
October 1, 2006... It is important for public administration researchers and practitioners to understand better the process citizens use to form overall satisfaction judgments about the quality of local government services. A previous study by Van Ryzin (2004),...

Redistributive policy and devolution: is state administration a road block (grant) to equitable access to federal funds?
October 1, 2006... Block grants are a key instrument by which policy authority is devolved from federal to state governments. By shifting specific responsibilities away from the federal government and affording state governments greater flexibility in shaping and...

The performance of performance.(Challenging the Performance Movement: Accountability, Complexity and Democratic Values)(Book review)
October 1, 2006... Beryl A. Radin. 2006. Challenging the Performance Movement: Accountability. Complexity and Democratic Values. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. 260 pp. Separated institutions sharing power. Checks and balances. Madisonian...

Political responsiveness writ large or small?
October 1, 2006... Michael B. Berkman and Eric Plutzer. 2005. Ten Thousand Democracies: Politics and Public Opinion in America's School Districts. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. 206 pp. In this finely crafted book, Michael Berkman and Eric...

Environmental politics and the bureaucracy.(Bureaucrats, Politics, and the Environment)(Book review)
October 1, 2006... Richard Waterman, Amelia Rouse, and Robert Wright. 2004. Bureaucrats, Politics, and the Environment. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press. 165 pp. Although many models of bureaucratic politics have been propounded and tested, the...