Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology: Recent submissions
Now showing items 46-50 of 2029
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The international norm–practice relationship, contested states, and the EU’s territorial (un)differentiation toward Palestine and Western Sahara
(Oxford University Press, 31 May 2024)This article addresses the relationship—and incongruences—between international norms and practices in EU foreign policy with a particular focus on the EU’s dealing with situations of contested statehood resulting from ... -
Public Service Users’ Responses to Performance Information: Bayesian Learning or Motivated Reasoning?
(Oxford University Press (OUP) / Public Management Research Association, 30 May 2024)Although performance information is widely promoted to improve the accountability of public service provision, behavioral research has revealed that motivated reasoning leads recipients to update their beliefs inaccurately. ... -
Making sense of state violence: Understanding public inquiries as political devices
(Routledge, 7 November 2024)Whenever a political scandal or controversy erupts, one is likely to hear a familiar demand: ‘There must be a public inquiry!’. Inquiries are institutions of last resort, instigated only when something has gone wrong or ... -
Interventions to reduce bureaucratic discrimination: a systematic review of empirical behavioural research
(Routledge, 6 March 2024)The reality of street-level discretion can entail discrimination against people based on their identifiable characteristics. However, there has been surprisingly little systematic assessment of empirical evidence about ... -
A cross‐cultural replication of “citizens' blame of politicians for public service failure: Experimental evidence about blame reduction through delegation and contracting”
(Wiley / American Society for Public Administration, 21 May 2024)Theories of blame suggest that the institutional design of public service delivery affects citizens' blame of politicians for service failure, and that delegation or contracting out reducing citizens' blame of politicians. ...