Accountability is at the heart of governance within democratic societies. It is both a normative
concept which provides a foundation principle for democratic political systems and a …

Public money is one of the primary currencies of influence for politicians and public servants.
It affects the standards by which they undertake the nation's business and impacts the …

Thirty years ago, Anglo-American politicians set out to make the public sector look like the
private sector. These reforms continue today, ultimately seeking to empower elected officials …

Lindblom's 1959 article on incrementalism is one of the most cited works in social science.
This article examines and probes five of the theory's basic, underlying assumptions in light of …

Patrick Weller and Hennan Bakvis argue in the introductory chapter that govemments
struggle for coherence in both the aims and the outcomes of their policies. They strive to …

Attempting to say in advance which reforms of public administration will work and which will
not is an extremely hazardous occupation. There are far too many examples of" logical"," …

This article surveys management improvement initiatives in the federal public service during
the 2000s and assesses their progress. It reviews eight key areas: management …

There is an ongoing debate in western industrialized democracies about the genesis of
government policy capacity. This article examines this under‐explored issue by looking at …

Abstract This paper examines Charles Lindblom's 'science of muddling through'and its
transport and transformation to budgeting through the work of Aaron Wildavsky by analyzing …

Governance is about guiding. It connotes the process through which an organization or
society steers itself. It is my basic argument that the pattern of governance has shifted …