International Journal of Public Administration

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Volume 38, issue 13-14, 2015

Reforming the Welfare State: Accountability, Management, and Performance pp. 941-946

Werner Jann and Per Lægreid

Performance Management and Accountability: The Welfare Administration Reform in Norway and Germany pp. 947-959

Bastian Jantz, Tom Christensen and Per Lægreid

Control and Autonomy—The SAIs in Norway, Denmark, and Germany as Watchdogs in an NPM-Era? pp. 960-970

Bastian Jantz, Kristin Reichborn-Kjennerud and Karsten Vrangbaek

Accountability and Performance Management: The Norwegian Hospital, Welfare, and Immigration Administration pp. 971-982

Jostein Askim, Tom Christensen and Per Lægreid

Accountability in Practice: Organizational Responses to Public Accountability Claims pp. 983-996

Tanja Klenk

Quasi-Marketization’s Effects on Accountability: Lessons from Norwegian Health Care Reforms pp. 997-1008

Simon Neby

Social Accountability in Immigration Regulation: The Inclusion of Social Actors in the Asylum Appeals Process pp. 1009-1019

Tord Skogedal Lindén

What Works in Joined-Up Government? An Evidence Synthesis pp. 1020-1029

Gemma Carey and Brad Crammond

Handling Uncertainty of Strategic Ambitions—The Use of Organizational Identity as a Risk-Reducing Device pp. 1030-1040

Tatiana Fumasoli, Romulo Pinheiro and Bjørn Stensaker

Editorial Board pp. ebi-ebi

The Editors

Volume 38, issue 12, 2015

Introduction – Understanding EU Actorness Today: The Role of Crisis on the Division Between EU’s Internal and External Actions and Practices pp. 833-837

Sanne Brasch Kristensen and Tamara Hoch Jovanovic

The EU and Multidimensional Forms of Power: Critical Moments and Change in Actorness and Power pp. 838-848

Tamara Hoch Jovanovic and Sanne Brasch Kristensen

Functional Actorness? Border Security in the EU and Turkey pp. 849-859

Theodore Baird

Intra-EU Labor Mobility: A Key Pillar of the EU Architecture Subject to Challenge pp. 860-873

Béla Galgóczi and Janine Leschke

Social Movements and the Construction of Crisis Actors: Collective Responsibility, Identity, and Governance pp. 874-883

Angela K. Bourne and Sevasti Chatzopoulou

Power in Global Trade Governance: Is the EU a Unitary Actor, a Tool for Dominance, or a Site of Contestation? GATS and the TTIP Negotiations pp. 884-894

Michael Strange

Market Power Europe—A Constructive Critique pp. 895-901

Jesper Dahl Kelstrup

The European Union and Upheavals in its Neighborhood: A Force for Stability? pp. 902-914

Kristi Raik and Ruxandra Lupu Dinesen

Assessing the EU’s Transatlantic Regulatory Powers Using the Choice of Policy Instruments as Measurement of Preference Attainment pp. 915-925

Karl Löfgren and Kennet Lynggaard

The Political Economy of Competitiveness and Continuous Adjustment in EU Meta-Governance pp. 926-939

Alex Nunn and Paul Beeckmans

Volume 38, issue 11, 2015

NPM Reforms and Professionals in Health and Higher Education in Portugal pp. 757-768

Rui Santiago, Teresa Carvalho and Sofia Sousa

Does the Gown Help the Town? Examining Town–Gown Relationship Influence on Local Environmental Sustainability in the United States pp. 769-781

Samantha Mosier

The Pursuit of Responsive Museum Governance: Community Engagement in Turkish Public Museums pp. 782-795

Burak Herguner

The Impacts of Different Regulatory Regimes on the Effectiveness of Public Procurement pp. 796-814

Andrei Yakovlev, Andrey Tkachenko, Olga Demidova and Olga Balaeva

Economics of State-Owned Enterprises pp. 815-832

Tālis J. Putniņš

Volume 38, issue 10, 2015

The Implementation Effectiveness of Trash Management in Ambon, Maluku: The Influence of Socialization, Coordination and Control to the Effectiveness of Trash Management pp. 683-688

Alwi Smith and Haedar Akib

Accountability by Professionalism or Managerialism? Exploring Attitudes Among Swedish and Norwegian Local Government Leaders pp. 689-700

Asbjørn Røiseland, Jon Pierre and Annelin Gustavsen

A Public Administration Headache: An Evaluation Analysis of Prison Policy and Recidivism Toward Social Reintegration pp. 701-711

Jaime R. S. Fonseca

Public Sector Reforms and Service Quality Issues From the Perspective of the Small Island Developing States in the Pacific: A Case of Fiji pp. 712-723

Neale J. Slack and Gurmeet Singh

Government Mapping of the Third Sector: A Government Innovation for Regulation and Coordination? Perspectives From the Third Sector pp. 724-733

Susan Appe

Mandatory or Not Mandatory Reporting? Insights From Italian Bank Foundations pp. 734-742

Sara Moggi, Chiara Leardini and Gina Rossi

Disaster Governance in the Philippines: Issues, Lessons Learned, and Future Directions in the Post-Yolanda Super Typhoon Aftermath pp. 743-756

Dennis Vicencio Blanco

Volume 38, issue 9, 2015

Collaboration Processes and Institutional Structure: Reexamining the Black Box pp. 607-615

Luisa Diaz-Kope, Katrina Miller-Stevens and John C. Morris

Unveiling the Features of a Regulatory System: The Institutional Grammar of Tobacco Legislation in Mexico pp. 616-631

Salvador Espinosa

The Politics of Time on the Frontline: Street Level Bureaucracy, Professional Judgment, and Public Accountability pp. 632-641

Mark Murphy and Paul Skillen

Does User Co-Production of Public Service Delivery Increase Satisfaction and Trust? Evidence From a Vignette Experiment pp. 642-653

Joost Fledderus

Innovation in Public Management: Is Public E-Procurement a Wave of the Future? A Theoretical and Exploratory Analysis pp. 654-662

Parisa Haim Faridian

Applying Functional Analysis to the Case of a Malfunctioning Education System: Addressing System Complexity and Tangled Causes pp. 663-671

Edwin Graham Nelson and Margareth Amon Mapunda

Post-NPM Reforms or Administrative Hybridization in the French Health Care System? pp. 672-681

Daniel Simonet

Volume 38, issue 8, 2015

Between Slow and Comprehensive Reformers: Comparing Government’s Funding Policies of Universities in Three European Countries pp. 533-543

Gigliola Mathisen Nyhagen

Working Together in a Complex Environment: Collaborative Behaviors and Social Capital pp. 544-552

Peter Tsasis, Jane Cooke-Lauder and Jenna M. Evans

Policy Relations and Policy Subsystems: Financial Policy in Hong Kong and Singapore pp. 553-561

J. J. Woo

Performance Budgeting in American States: A Framework of Integrating Performance with Budgeting pp. 562-572

Elaine Yi Lu and Katherine Willoughby

Are Changes Effective in Performance Management? An Analysis of Japanese Agencies pp. 573-585

Ana Yetano and Takami Matsuo

Rich Country Corruption pp. 586-595

Adam Graycar and Olivia Monaghan

Assessing and Appraising the Effects of Policy for Wicked Issues: Including Unforeseen Achievements in the Evaluation of the District Policy for Deprived Areas in The Netherlands pp. 596-605

Mark van Twist, Michiel Kort and Martijn van der Steen

Volume 38, issue 7, 2015

Conflicting Accountabilities in the 2012 Health Care Reforms in England pp. 461-472

Paola Mattei, Tom Christensen and Jeremy Pilaar

Public Value and Limits to Collaboration pp. 473-485

Mark Prebble

The Role of Culture in Knowledge Sharing in a Public-Sector Organization in Ghana: Revisiting Hofstede’s Model pp. 486-495

Henry Boateng and Franklin Gyamfi Agyemang

Can Democratic Governance Be Achieved in Egypt? pp. 496-509

Shahjahan H. Bhuiyan

The Integration of Best Environmental Management Practices in Corporate Strategy: Empirical Evidence From Italian Local Governments pp. 510-520

Nunzio Angiola, Piervito Bianchi and Antonio Corvino

The Correlates of Local Government Responsiveness Under Decentralization: Do Performance Ratings Matter in the Philippines? pp. 521-532

Joseph Capuno and Maria Melody Garcia Schustereder

Volume 38, issue 6, 2015

Calling Attention to the Nature of Professional Knowledge and Its Impact on Perceptions of Performance Measures pp. 397-409

Niels Dyhrberg-Noerregaard

E-Government and Corruption: A Longitudinal Analysis of Countries pp. 410-421

Xuejiao Zhao and Hua Daniel Xu

Functional Reforms in Italian Employment Policies: Institutional Impact at the Macro and Micro Level pp. 422-432

Benedetta Trivellato and Mattia Martini

Managing Public Accountability: How Public Managers Manage Public Accountability pp. 433-441

Thomas Schillemans

Intent to Exit: Why Do US Federal Employees Leave? pp. 442-452

Tory L. Weaver

The Effect of Fiscal Decentralization on the Financial Condition of Municipal Government pp. 453-460

Samuel B. Stone

Volume 38, issue 5, 2015

Social Norms Theory, Enforcement, and Management Concepts: An Analysis of Local Smoking Ban Ordinances pp. 335-345

Abraham David Benavides and Ekong Peters

Injured but Not Yet Dead: A Bottom-Up Perspective on the Swedish Governmental Commissions pp. 346-354

Erik Lundberg

The Link Between Public Service Motivation and Volunteering: The Case of South Korean Civil Servants pp. 355-363

Young-Joo Lee and Jin-Woo Jeong

The Determinants of Volunteering in Nordic Countries: Evidence from the European Values Survey pp. 364-370

Cleopatra Grizzle

Issues of Women’s Political Participation and Decision-Making in Local Governance: Perspectives from the Central Region of Ghana pp. 371-380

Michael Tagoe and Ellen Abakah

Open Government: Origin, Development, and Conceptual Perspectives pp. 381-396

Bernd W. Wirtz and Steven Birkmeyer

Volume 38, issue 4, 2015

Introduction to a Symposium on New Challenges for Public-Sector Accounting: IPSAS, Budgetary Reporting, and National Accounts pp. 237-239

Francesca Manes Rossi, Susana Jorge, Maria Antónia Jesus and Eugenio Caperchione

EPSAS—Worrying the Wrong End of the Stick? pp. 240-252

Rowan H. Jones and Josette Caruana

The Impact of Accrual-Based Public Accounting Harmonization on EU Macroeconomic Surveillance and Governments’ Policy Decision-Making pp. 253-267

Giovanna Dabbicco

The International Harmonization Process of Public Sector Accounting in Portugal: The Perspective of Different Stakeholders pp. 268-281

Patrícia S. Gomes, Maria José Fernandes and João Baptista Da Costa Carvalho

Do Nasty and Pleasant Surprises Regarding Tax Revenue Explain Spending Drifts? The Case of the Swiss Cantons pp. 282-296

Nils Soguel and Cécile Ecabert

Do Accrual Numbers Really Affect the Financial Market? An Empirical Analysis of ESA Accounts Across the EU pp. 297-310

Alessandro Giosi, Sandro Brunelli and Marco Caiffa

Public-Sector Consolidated Financial Statements: An Analysis of the Comment Letters on IPSASB’s Exposure Draft No. 49 pp. 311-324

Marco Bisogno, Serena Santis and Aurelio Tommasetti

Pursuing Private or Public Accountability in the Public Sector? Applying IPSASs to Define the Reporting Entity in Municipal Consolidation pp. 325-334

Giuseppe Grossi and Ileana Steccolini

Volume 38, issue 3, 2015

Europeanizing the National Education Space? Adjusting to the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) in the UK pp. 157-166

Nafsika Alexiadou and Bettina Lange

Top-Down Approaches to Joined-Up Government: Examining the Unintended Consequences of Weak Implementation pp. 167-178

Gemma Carey, Brad Crammond and Therese Riley

Political Influence on Public–Private Partnerships in the Public Health Sector in New Zealand pp. 179-188

Andy Asquith, Margaret Brunton and David Robinson

Government Transparency in Historical Perspective: From the Ancient Regime to Open Data in The Netherlands pp. 189-199

Albert Meijer

Women and Local Governance in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Ejisu, Ghana pp. 200-215

Emmanuel Opoku Acheampong and Romanus Dogkubong Dinye

Human Development in Pakistan and Bureaucratic Predicaments pp. 216-226

Sumrin Kalia

Building Bond Repayment Capacity in Developing Countries: A Study on Property Tax Collections and Debt Affordability in Mexico pp. 227-236

Salvador Espinosa and Christine Martell

Volume 38, issue 2, 2015

Exploring Countercyclical Fiscal Policy in Local Government: Moving Beyond an Aggregated Approach pp. 75-81

William C. Rivenbark, Dale J. Roenigk and Lidia Noto

The Achaemenid Empire’s Contributions to Public Administration pp. 82-91

Joshua M. Steinfeld

The Ambivalent Relations Between Bureaucracy and Public Innovation: The Case of the Successful Failure of Dial Police pp. 92-103

Troels Schultz Larsen

When Do National Administrations Adapt to EU Policies? Variation in Denmark and Greece pp. 104-115

Sevasti Chatzopoulou

Global Clusters in Municipal E-Governance: A Longitudinal Study pp. 116-131

Aroon Manoharan, Marc Fudge and Yueping Zheng

Inspections Services and Inter-Rater Reliability: Differentiating Professional Role Identities of Dutch Veterinary Inspectors pp. 132-142

Daphne van Kleef, Carina Schott and Trui Steen

Discretion and Autonomy: Public Administrators’ Dilemmas in the Implementation of National Curriculum Statements pp. 143-155

Sybert Mutereko and Pepukayi Chitakunye

Volume 38, issue 1, 2015

Follow the Yellow Brick Road: New Directions in Studying Political Advisers in Executive Government pp. 1-3

Richard Shaw and Chris Eichbaum

Democratic Communication and the Role of Special Advisers in Northern Ireland’s Consociational Government pp. 4-14

Charis Rice, Ian Somerville and John Wilson

Greek Ministerial Advisers: Policy Managers, Not Experts? pp. 15-27

Athanassios Gouglas

Behind the Backs of Public Politicians: Political Advisers in Russian Politics pp. 28-36

Susanna Pshizova

Navigating the Borderlines of Politics and Administration: Reflections on the Role of Ministerial Advisers pp. 37-45

Bernadette Connaughton

The Policy Work of Australian Political Staff pp. 46-55

Maria Maley

Revisiting the Gospel: Appointed Political Staffs and Core Executive Policy Coordination pp. 56-65

Jonathan Craft

Following the Yellow Brick Road: Theorizing the Third Element in Executive Government pp. 66-74

Richard Shaw and Chris Eichbaum