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Provider Ownership and Indicators of Service Quality: Evidence from Swedish Residential Care Homes

exposed to political and economic authorities has an impact on their internal structures and processes, and, eventually, performance (Heinrich and Fournier 2004; Miller and Moulton 2014; Moulton and Bozeman ... from the publicness literature that instead highlights the extent of organizational exposure to economic (market forces) and political (government) authority (Andrews, Boyne, and Walker 2011; Bozeman

Distributive Justice in Collaborative Outputs: Empowering Minority Viewpoints Through Deliberation

. INTRODUCTION Justice is a core value that lays normative foundations and guides scholarly endeavors in numerous disciplines, including but not limited to philosophy (Rawls 1971), political science (Nozick 1974 ... dominated by a single interest. Third, this article underscores the role of deliberation in improving the political and social equity of policy decisions. This article offers theoretical insights into

On the Frontline of Global Inequalities: A Decolonial Approach to the Study of Street-Level Bureaucracies

, offers to SLB theory formation. First is the idea that the state itself, as a historical and political construction, is seen and performed in ways that reflect and reproduce social inequalities, and second ... , informality, and trust; the second explores the broader cultural and political dimensions of social inequalities in the Global South, which are inadequately addressed in mainstream SLB literature. The article

Improving Outcomes in Fiscal Federalism: Local Political Leadership and Administrative Capacity

This study investigates how the political influence of local elected officials and the administrative capacities of local administrative agencies together shape outcomes in fiscal federalism. The ... achievement of federal goals. Second, the narrow application of a principal-agent approach deflects attention away from political commitments and administrative capacities that are crucial to policy

Yeke Caaji, the Mongol-Oyirod Great Code of 1640: Innovation in Eurasian State Formation

Mongolian. Historically it marked one of the last political strategies of two divisions of the Mongol Empire, established by Chinggis Khaan in 1206, to remain free of external political authority. The ... his dismissal of the Great Code as important in any meaningful way. One year later, in 2006, a group of papers in Imperial Statecraft explored political forms and governance techniques in Inner Asia

Yeke Caaji, the Mongol-Oyirod Great Code of 1640: Innovation in Eurasian State Formation

Mongolian. Historically it marked one of the last political strategies of two divisions of the Mongol Empire, established by Chinggis Khaan in 1206, to remain free of external political authority. The ... his dismissal of the Great Code as important in any meaningful way. One year later, in 2006, a group of papers in Imperial Statecraft explored political forms and governance techniques in Inner Asia

A Translation of the Nakulapitāsutta and its Commentaries

sophisticated system of cross-references wisely intertwined with a bulk of original elucidations.  This combination illustrates some prominent aspects of Pali Buddhist philosophy and provides a precious series of

Affliction without Affliction: A Translation of the Nakulapitāsutta and its Commentaries

sophisticated system of cross-references wisely intertwined with a bulk of original elucidations.  This combination illustrates some prominent aspects of Pali Buddhist philosophy and provides a precious series of

A Translation of the Nakulapitāsutta and its Commentaries

sophisticated system of cross-references wisely intertwined with a bulk of original elucidations.  This combination illustrates some prominent aspects of Pali Buddhist philosophy and provides a precious series of

Tarōbō by Rohan Koda: translated into English by Tsutomu Nagata

his generation, he did not study abroad or receive Westernized higher education. His works are based on East Asian aesthetics and Buddhist philosophy rather than the European literary trends that

Why Do (Some) City Police Departments Enforce Federal Immigration Law? Political, Demographic, and Organizational Influences on Local Choices

immigration laws raises enduring theoretical issues regarding the political control of bureaucracies, albeit in a different context from the mostly national-level studies of regulatory agencies that ... the political leanings of the local electorate. We are interested, for example, in whether a political or ideological effect on policing is more likely in unreformed (mayor-council) cities than in those

The Politicization of Regulatory Agencies: Between Partisan Influence and Formal Independence

from direct political influence and thus enjoy high levels of legal autonomy. While granting formal independence to an agency may erect some institutional barriers to politicization, it also generates a ... thus associated with greater party politicization-a finding that casts doubt on the effectiveness of formal independence as a tool to reduce political influence in RAs. Introduction One of the most

‘Turning the Wheel of the Teaching’: A translation of Aśvaghoṣa’s Buddhacarita Canto 15 from a recently rediscovered Sanskrit manuscript

International Association of Buddhist Studies 35 ( 1-2 ): 171 - 224 . --- . 2013 . ' Aśvagṣahoand His Canonical Sources (III): The Night of Awakening (Buddhacarita 14.1-87)' . Journal of Indian Philosophy 41 ... Philosophy 41 : 167 - 94 . https://doi.org/DOI 10.1007/s10781-013-9178-3. --- . 2020 . ' Aśvagṣahoand His Canonical Sources: 4. On the Authority and the Authenticity of the Buddhist Scriptures'.ArcIhnaeologies

Translating Vaidya’s Harivaṃśa

”.’ Classical Philology 96.2, pp. 109–19. https://doi.org/10.1086/449533 ————. 2009. ‘Epic.’ In Richard Eldridge, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Literature. Oxford Handbooks Online. Nemec, John ... 1855 - 75 . Bonazzoli , Giorgio. 1985 . 'Considerations on a New Method of Critically Editing the Purāṇa-s . ' Purāṇa 27.2 , pp. 381 - 434 . Bowles , Adam. 2007 . Dharma, Disorder and the Political in

Two Pashto Short Stories by Abdul Wakil Sulamal Shinwari Translated by Noorullah Atal

political and literary essays, which have been published in various journals in and outside of Afghanistan. ... Parcham members, and members of the Afghan Millat.? Gulalay intervened: ?This has got nothing to do with people?s political affiliation. You can?t abandon your social life just for that.? The minister

Thieves in the Storehouse of Sarasvatī: Metaliterary Aspects of the Caurapañcāśikā

characterization of literature as an inalienable possession in the “storehouse of Sarasvatī in the heart,” which memory keeps safe from the dangers of political life to which it is constantly exposed. ... Poetics of Ambivalence: Imagining and Unimagining the Political in Bilha?a's Vikram??kadevacarita . ? Journal of Indian Philosophy 38 ( 5 ): 457 - 483 . doi: 10 .1007/s10781- 010-9100-1. B?hler , Georg (ed

Contracting or Public Delivery? The Importance of Service, Market, and Management Characteristics

citizen interests, political and labor opposition, and market management. ... Administration 14 : 457 - 480 . Christensen , Tom, and Per Laegreid . 2002 . New public management: puzzles of democracy and the influence of citizens . Journal of Political Philosophy 10 : 267 - 295 . Clark

Credibility and Agency Termination Under Parliamentarism

that termination risk depends on three groups of factors: (1) factors relating to the rationales for initial delegation of responsibility to the arm’s length agency; (2) factors relating to the political ... to arm’s length agencies to solve other credibility problems in the political sphere relating to probity (how rigorous is the administration of politicians’ expenses?) and technical expertise (how

An Appreciation of, and Tribute to, Will Johnson on the Occasion of his Retirement

publications include substantial contributions on aspects of Jain religion and philosophy, translations of several Sanskrit classics (with meditations on translation), and reference works (including reviews ... enumeration of the goals of life (dharma, kāma, artha and mokṣa) as well as the political treatises (nīti-śāstra) and the materials ancillary to the Vedas (vedāṅga)! 32 I have adjust the pronominal usage in

Bureaucratic Representation and the Rejection Hypothesis: A Longitudinal Study of the European Commission’s Staff Composition (1980–2013)

political project of the European Union (EU) rests on the fact that the composite European polity respects its components: the member states (MS). This political “contract,” as phrased by Ernest Renan ... legitimacy in some MS and among some political parties.1 According to the theory of representative bureaucracy, ensuring a satisfactory level of MS presence in the EU’s bureaucratic apparatus may contribute to