Public Administration & Development

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Volume 37, issue 5, 2017

How can Public Professional Services be Restored in a Weak State? Options for Animal Health in Congo's South Kivu pp. 297-306

David K. Leonard, Mugumo F. Mushi and Timothy P. Robinson

Bureaucratization and administrative development in Africa: A reading of Riggs' theory of prismatic society pp. 307-318

Okechukwu M. Ikeanyibe

Building horizontal coordination in Sri Lanka pp. 319-330

Ramanie Samaratunge, Deirdre O'Neill, Ken Coghill and B. Wijayarathne

Carbon Governance Arrangements and the Nation†State: The Reconfiguration of Public Authority in Developing Countries pp. 331-343

Thomas Hickmann, Harald Fuhr, Chris Höhne, Markus Lederer and Fee Stehle

Industrial policy and economic transformation in Africa Edited by Akbar Noman | Joseph E. Stigitz Eds. Columbia University Press, New York, 2015, i†xi +312 pp. ISBN 978†0†231†17518†0 (cloth, hardback, US$ 65.00) (E†book also available, US$ 64.99) pp. 344-345

Franklin Obeng†Odoom

Volume 37, issue 4, 2017

The Politics–Bureaucracy Interface in Developing Countries pp. 231-245

Niheer Dasandi and Marc Esteve

World Bank Technical Assistance: The Relational Dynamics of Policy Movement pp. 246-259

Adrian Robert Bazbauers

Employee Satisfaction With Work‐life Balance Policies And Organizational Commitment: A Philippine Study pp. 260-276

Ji Sung Kim and Sangyub Ryu

The Impact of Power and Civic Engagement in the Decentralized Management of Natural Resources: The Case of Turkey pp. 277-291

Zeynep Kadirbeyoglu

Somalia between the Cycle of Violence and Civil War: Searching for a Stable Government pp. 292-294

Ramazan Erdağ

Volume 37, issue 3, 2017

Issue Information ‐ TOC pp. 153-153

Ting Gong, Paul Collins and Hon Chan

Issue Information ‐ Journal Info Page pp. 154-154

Ting Gong, Paul Collins and Hon Chan

The Quality of Governance in China and Beyond: Introduction to Special Issue pp. 155-159

Ting Gong, Paul Collins, Hon Chan, Ting Gong, Paul Collins and Hon S. Chan

Moving In and Moving Up? Labor Conditions and China's Changing Development Model pp. 160-175

Ting Gong, Paul Collins, Hon Chan, Yujeong Yang and Mary Gallagher

Socially Embedded Anti‐Corruption Governance: Evidence from Hong Kong pp. 176-190

Ting Gong, Paul Collins, Hon Chan, Ting Gong and Hanyu Xiao

From Service Contracting to Collaborative Governance: Evolution of Government–Nonprofit Relations pp. 191-202

Ting Gong, Paul Collins, Hon Chan, Yijia Jing and Yefei Hu

The Dilemma of “Managing for Results” in China: Won't Let Go pp. 203-216

Ting Gong, Paul Collins, Hon Chan, Ciqi Mei and Margaret M. Pearson

How Cohesive is the Chinese Bureaucracy? A Case Study of Street‐level Bureaucrats in China pp. 217-226

Ting Gong, Paul Collins, Hon Chan and Xiaowei Zang

Donald Curtis: Responsibility and Its Avoidance: Essays in Public Management and Governance. Matador, Leicestershire, UK, 2017, 378 pp., ISBN 978 1788035 422, £17.99 pp. 227-228

Ting Gong, Paul Collins, Hon Chan and Paul Collins

Volume 37, issue 2, 2017

Multi‐Stakeholder Initiatives for Sustainable Development Goals: The Importance of Interlocutors pp. 81-93

Alan Fowler and Kees Biekart

Autonomy and Performance: Decentralization Reforms in Zhejiang Province, China pp. 94-109

Xun Wu, M Ramesh and Jianxing Yu

Sustainability as a Measure of Success: Externally Promoted Participatory Budgeting in El Salvador 10 Years Later pp. 110-121

Gary Bland

Civil Society Organizations in a Post‐Aid World: New Trends and Observations from the Andean Region pp. 122-135

Susan Appe

‘If This Was a Normal Situation’: Challenges and Potentials for Deliberative Democratic Peacebuilding in Kosovo's Emerging Governance Networks pp. 136-152

Aogán Delaney, Gemma Van Der Haar and Jan Van Tatenhove

Volume 37, issue 1, 2017

Introduction to the Special Issue: “Conceptualizing Effective Social Policy Design: Design Spaces and Capacity Challenges†pp. 3-14

Namrata Chindarkar, Michael Howlett and M Ramesh

Using Social Enterprises for Social Policy in South Korea: Do Funding and Management Affect Social and Economic Performance? pp. 15-27

Tae Hyung Kim and M. Jae Moon

Beyond Power Politics: Evaluating the Policy Design Process of Rural Electrification in Gujarat, India pp. 28-39

Namrata Chindarkar

Designing Effective Healthcare: Matching Policy Tools to Problems in China pp. 40-50

Azad Singh Bali and M Ramesh

Improving Policy Design and Building Capacity in Local Experiments: Equalization of Public Service in China's Urban†rural Integration Pilot pp. 51-64

Jiwei Qian

Government Purchase of Services in China: Similar Intentions, Different Policy Designs pp. 65-78

Zhuoyi Wen

Volume 36, issue 5, 2016

From Form to Function to Sustainable Solutions? Reforming Public Sectors in Low Income Countries: New Approaches and Available Evidence of “What Works” pp. 299-312

Verena Fritz

Authoritarian Integrative Governance in China: Understanding the Crucial Role of Political Risk Aversion pp. 313-329

Qiushan Xie

Translating Policies into Informal Settlements' Critical Services: Reframing, Anchoring and Muddling Through pp. 330-346

Jaan‐Henrik Kain, Belinda Nyakinya, Nicholas Odhiambo, Michael Oloko, John Omolo, Silas Otieno, Patrik Zapata and María José Zapata Campos

Decentralization as a Post‐Conflict Stabilization Tool: The Case of Sierra Leone pp. 347-358

Benjamin Edwards and Serdar Yilmaz

The Road to Collaborative Governance in China. By Yijia Jing, Ed., Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2015. 241 pp. Hardcover USD 100.00; E‐book: USD 79.99. ISBN 978‐1–137–52519–2 pp. 359-360

Chu‐Chien Hsieh

Volume 36, issue 4, 2016

Driving Development from Below: The Advantages and Limitations of Vernacular Politics in the Bolivian Altiplano pp. 239-249

Rachel Godfrey†Wood and Graciela Mamani†Vargas

Decentralization in Cambodia: New Wine in Old Bottles pp. 250-262

Netra Eng

Public Financial Management Reform in South African Provincial Basic Education Departments pp. 263-282

Tania Ajam and David J. Fourie

NGO Accountability from an NGO Perspective: Perceptions, Strategies, and Practices pp. 283-296

Khaldoun AbouAssi and Deborah L. Trent

Volume 36, issue 3, 2016

Going Beyond Heroic Leaders in Development pp. 171-184

Matt Andrews

Dual Decentralization and Fragmented Authoritarianism in Governance: Crowding Out among Social Programmes in China pp. 185-197

Jiwei Qian and Ka Ho Mok

Fiscal Decentralization, Flat Administrative Structure, and Local Government Size: Evidence and Lessons from China pp. 198-214

Ping Zhang, Chunkui Zhu and Yilin Hou

E‐Government Technology Transfer: A Case Study of the Implementation of a European Patent Management System in Brazil pp. 215-231

Gabriel Marcuzzo do Canto Cavalheiro and Luiz Antonio Joia

Development Cooperation of the ‘New’ EU Member States. Beyond Europeanization. Edited by Ondřej Horký‐Hluchán and Simon Lightfoot. Palgrave, 2015. Hardcover: USD100.00. E‐book is also available pp. 232-233

Raphaëlle Faure

The Politics of Public Sector Performance: Pockets of Effectiveness in Developing Countries. By Michael Roll, Ed., Routledge, 2014, Hardback: USD 147.00; Paperback: USD49.95. E‐book is also available pp. 234-235

Rogerio F. Pinto

Volume 36, issue 2, 2016

Issue Information ‐ TOC pp. 69-69

Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin and Michael Chin‐Chih Chu

Issue Information ‐ Journal Info Page pp. 70-70

Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin and Michael Chin‐Chih Chu

The Politics and Management of Policing Reforms in Newly Industrialized, Industrializing and Developmental States: Introduction to the Special Issue pp. 71-79

Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin, Michael Chin‐Chih Chu, Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin and Michael Chin‐Chih Chu

“Shock Therapy” in Ukraine: A Radical Approach to Post‐Soviet Police Reform pp. 80-92

Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin, Michael Chin‐Chih Chu, Robert Peacock and Gary Cordner

Protest Policing in Hong Kong: Maintaining Professionalism and Solidarity in the Face of Renewed Political Challenges pp. 93-107

Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin, Michael Chin‐Chih Chu, Tingjin Lin and John P. Burns

Grounding Police Accountability and Performance in Context: A Comparative Study of Stop and Frisk Between New York City and Taipei City pp. 108-120

Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin, Michael Chin‐Chih Chu, Chin‐chih Chu, Elaine Yi Lu, Chun‐yuan Wang and Ting‐Jung Tsai

The Pacifying Police Units of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UPPs): Incremental Innovation or Police Reform? pp. 121-131

Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin, Michael Chin‐Chih Chu, Rogerio F. Pinto and Maria Scarlet Do Carmo

Varieties of Participatory Security: Assessing Community Participation in Policing in Latin America pp. 132-143

Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin, Michael Chin‐Chih Chu and Yanilda Gonzalez

Policing Reform in the South Korean Maritime Police After the Sewol Ferry Disaster pp. 144-156

Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin, Michael Chin‐Chih Chu, Seunghoo Lim, Jieun Moon and Youngmin Oh

Measured Governance? Policing and Performance Management in South Africa pp. 157-168

Paul Collins, Otwin Marenin, Michael Chin‐Chih Chu and Andrew Faull

Volume 36, issue 1, 2016

Boosting or Hindering Aid Effectiveness? An Assessment of Systems for Measuring Donor Agency Results pp. 3-19

Sarah Holzapfel

Forgoing New Public Management and Adopting Post‐New Public Management Principles: The On‐Going Civil Service Reform in Israel pp. 20-34

Nissim Cohen

Recent Evolution of Public Sector Structure in Latin America: Describing and Explaining Shifts in Autonomy Trends in Colombia and Venezuela pp. 35-50

Camilo Ignacio González and Koen Verhoest

Public Financial Management Reforms: The Role of Ipsas in Latin‐America pp. 51-64

Isabel Brusca, Mauricio Gómez‐villegas and Vicente Montesinos

Public Finance and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: Lessons from Ethiopia's Reforms by Stephen B. Peterson ( New York: Routledge, 2015 ), xxxi + 328 pp, $104 hardback; $55 Kindle pp. 65-67

George Guess