Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory articles from October 2007

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory archives from October 2007

Procedural control of the bureaucracy, peer review, and epistemic drift.
October 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION Administrative procedures may be used as instruments for the political control of the bureaucracy, preventing policies from drifting from the original intentions of an enacting coalition of legislators and interest groups...

Intraorganizational implementation research: theory and method.(Author abstract)(Case study)
October 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION Implementation theory and research have outgrown the search for a single theory of implementation--an effort that got mired in a top-down, bottom-up debate--and have entered a new era that recognizes multiple theories...

Public management at the ballot box: performance information and electoral support for incumbent English local governments.(Author abstract)
October 1, 2007... This article examines the political consequences of the publication of information about the performance of local public services, focusing on change in electoral support for incumbent local governments. The topic is important because much of...

Knowledge sharing in public sector organizations: the effect of organizational characteristics on interdepartmental knowledge sharing.(Author abstract)(Survey)
October 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION Knowledge is generally seen as one of the most, if not the most, important asset in organizations that should be carefully managed (Argote, McEvily, and Reagans 2003; Teece 1998). However, knowledge management as new...

Supreme Court auditing of the US courts of appeals: an organizational perspective.
October 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION In the federal judicial hierarchy, the US Supreme Court exercises final authority over the interpretation of federal law, and its interpretations are ostensibly binding on the lower federal courts. According to the norm of...

Public participation and claimsmaking: evidence utilization and divergent policy frames in California's ergonomics rulemaking.(Author abstract)
October 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION Notice and comment procedures provide an important formal mechanism for the public to contribute to the policy-making process of administrative agencies. These provisions have been lauded as a crucial means for fostering...

Explaining cooperation: how resource interdependence, goal congruence, and trust affect joint actions in policy implementation.(Author abstract)
October 1, 2007... To understand what is going on when public policies are carried out at local level, interorganizational relationships have to been taken into account (see, e.g., Bardach 1998; Hjern and Porter 1981; O'Toole and Montjoy 1984). Many challenges...

A challenging performance.(Book review)
October 1, 2007... David G. Frederickson and H. George Frederickson. 2006. Measuring the Performance of the Hollow State. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. 218 pp. No, potential readers, this book is not antigovernment. The term "hollow state" is...

A corrupt argument.(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Sharon L. Nichols and David C, Berliner. 2007. Collateral Damage: How High-Stakes Testing Corrupts America's Schools, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 234 pp. In this recent book, the authors declare that holding schools...

Managing to measure.
October 1, 2007... George A. Boyne, Kenneth J. Meier, Laurence J. O'Toole Jr., and Richard M. Walker, eds. 2006. Public Service Performance: Perspectives on Measurement and Management. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 338 pp. Over the past 5 years...