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In the public sector, budget deviations are an important performance dimension. Because of
political and institutional pressures, it is crucial that public sector organizations neither …

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long term history of a state and the evolution of its capacity. States and their development …

Many political scientists first learned of anthropologist Mary Douglas's cultural theory (CT)
through Aaron Wildavsky's APSA presidential address (Wildavsky 1987), in which he sought …

Studies of the recent financial crisis have been largely dominated by economists, but the
similarities and differences between European countries' response reflect both economic …

Cultural Theory (CT) is a constructivist theory, developed by M ary D ouglas, A aron W
ildavsky, and others, that seeks to participate in the positivist project of discovering …

The New Custodians of the State uses contemporary France to reassess sociological
theories of political and policymaking elites. Based on detailed case studies drawn from …

Der vorliegende Band befasst sich mit den Auswirkungen staatlicher
Dezentralisierungspolitik in Deutschland, Frankreich und Großbritannien in vergleichender …

To generate policy alternatives and offer policy advice, the policy analysis and planning
literature counsels analysts to assess the values and beliefs of policy actors, as well as the …