Most-Read Full-Text Articles http://ras.sagepub.com/ Most-read rankings are recalculated at the beginning of the month based on usage of full-text and PDF views for the previous month. 2008-10-06 <![CDATA[Responsive, responsible and respected government: towards a New Public Administration theory]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/73/1/7?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2007; 73:7-26
Article]]> Jocelyne Bourgon 2007-03-01 10.1177/0020852307075686 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Deciphering the Dutch drop: ten explanations for decreasing political trust in The Netherlands]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/74/2/283?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2008; 74:283-305
Article]]> Mark Bovens, Anchrit Wille 2008-06-01 10.1177/0020852308091135 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Trust in the public sector: is there any evidence for a long-term decline?]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/74/1/47?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2008; 74:47-64
Article]]> Steven Van de Walle, Steven Van Roosbroek, Geert Bouckaert 2008-03-01 10.1177/0020852307085733 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Global governance and local government in the Congo: the role of the IMF, World Bank, the multinationals and the political elites]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/74/2/195?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2008; 74:195-216
Article]]> Jacques Tshibwabwa Kuditshini 2008-06-01 10.1177/0020852308090773 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Janus-faced reorganization: specialization and coordination in four OECD countries in the period 1980 2005]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/73/3/325?rss=1&ssource=mfc Sep 1, 2007; 73:325-348
Article]]> Koen Verhoest, Geert Bouckaert, B. Guy Peters 2007-09-01 10.1177/0020852307081144 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[A comprehensive framework for public administration reforms: a reply to Jocelyne Bourgon]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/74/1/131?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2008; 74:131-143
Article]]> Knut Rexed 2008-03-01 10.1177/0020852307085739 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Performance-related pay and work motivation: theoretical and empirical perspectives for the French civil service]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/74/2/325?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2008; 74:325-339
Article]]> Virginie Forest 2008-06-01 10.1177/0020852308089907 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Mini-symposium on `Towards a New Public Administration theory': Editor's Introduction]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/73/1/5?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2007; 73:5-6
Article]]> Christopher Pollitt 2007-03-01 10.1177/0020852307075685 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[The curse of the benchmark: an assessment of the validity and value of e-government comparisons]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/73/2/171?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2007; 73:171-188
Article]]> Frank Bannister 2007-06-01 10.1177/0020852307077959 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Helping government to be responsive, responsible and respected: a reaction to Jocelyne Bourgon]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/73/1/31?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2007; 73:31-36
Article]]> Jeremy Lonsdale 2007-03-01 10.1177/0020852307075697 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Administrative system and culture in East Asia, Europe and the USA: a transformation of the administrative system through the mutual mixture of cultures in Korea]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/72/4/493?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2006; 72:493-516
Article]]> Eun Gee Yun 2006-12-01 10.1177/0020852306070080 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[The impact of performance budgeting on the role of the legislature: a four-country study]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/73/2/189?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2007; 73:189-203
Article]]> Miekatrien Sterck 2007-06-01 10.1177/0020852307077960 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[About `Responsive, responsible and respected government: towards a New Public Administration theory' by Jocelyne Bourgon]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/73/1/27?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2007; 73:27-29
Article]]> Marcel Pochard 2007-03-01 10.1177/0020852307075687 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Stretching the concept of representative bureaucracy: the case of Nunavut]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/72/4/517?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2006; 72:517-530
Article]]> Annis May Timpson 2006-12-01 10.1177/0020852306070081 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Outsourcing and transborder data flows: the challenge of protecting personal information under the shadow of the USA Patriot Act]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/73/4/531?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2007; 73:531-548
Article]]> Lorna Stefanick 2007-12-01 10.1177/0020852307083456 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Switzerland: experiences--risks--potentials]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/72/4/547?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2006; 72:547-563
Article]]> Andreas Lienhard 2006-12-01 10.1177/0020852306070083 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Performance management in the Baltic States and Russia: success against the odds?]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/73/2/205?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2007; 73:205-215
Article]]> Tony Verheijen, Yelena Dobrolyubova 2007-06-01 10.1177/0020852307077966 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[The New Public Management reforms in Asia: a comparison of South and Southeast Asian countries]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/74/1/25?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2008; 74:25-46
Article]]> Ramanie Samaratunge, Quamrul Alam, Julian Teicher 2008-03-01 10.1177/0020852307085732 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Multiple accountability relationships and improved service delivery performance in Hyderabad City, Southern India]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/72/4/531?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2006; 72:531-546
Article]]> Jonathan Caseley 2006-12-01 10.1177/0020852306070082 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[People, service and trust: is there a public sector service value chain?]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/71/4/549?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2005; 71:549-575
Article]]> Ralph Heintzman, Brian Marson 2005-12-01 10.1177/0020852305059599 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Better public sector governance through partnership with the private sector and civil society: the case of Guatemala's forest administration]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/72/4/459?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2006; 72:459-472
Article]]> Regina Birner, Heidi Wittmer 2006-12-01 10.1177/0020852306070077 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Alternative service delivery -- responding to global pressures]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/70/4/637?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2004; 70:637-644
Article]]> Toby Fyfe 2004-12-01 10.1177/0020852304048447 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[The Legacy of the New Public Management in Developing Countries]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/67/2/297?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2001; 67:297-312
Article]]> Nick Manning 2001-06-01 10.1177/0020852301672009 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Governance of public--private partnerships: lessons learnt from an Australian case?]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/73/4/569?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2007; 73:569-582
Article]]> Judy Johnston, Siegfried P. Gudergan 2007-12-01 10.1177/0020852307083459 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Public-Private Partnerships: from Contested Concepts to Prevalent Practice]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/70/2/199?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2004; 70:199-215
Article]]> Tony Bovaird 2004-06-01 10.1177/0020852304044250 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Strengthening competitiveness of local public service providers in Germany]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/72/4/473?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2006; 72:473-492
Article]]> Christoph Reichard 2006-12-01 10.1177/0020852306070079 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Could fair value accounting be useful, under NPM models, for users of financial information?]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/73/3/473?rss=1&ssource=mfc Sep 1, 2007; 73:473-502
Article]]> Manuel Pedro Rodriguez Bolivar, Andres Navarro Galera 2007-09-01 10.1177/0020852307081153 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[NPM and beyond -- structure, culture and demography]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/74/1/7?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2008; 74:7-23
Article]]> Tom Christensen, Per Laegreid 2008-03-01 10.1177/0020852307085730 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Evaluating the Quality of Public Governance: Indicators, Models and Methodologies]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/69/3/313?rss=1&ssource=mfc Sep 1, 2003; 69:313-328
Article]]> Tony Bovaird, Elke Loffler 2003-09-01 10.1177/0020852303693002 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Governance Based on Partnership with NGOs: Implications for Development and Empowerment in Rural Bangladesh]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/70/2/271?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2004; 70:271-290
Article]]> M. Shamsul Haque 2004-06-01 10.1177/0020852304044255 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Facing management choices: an analysis of managerial choices in 18 complex environmental public--private partnership projects]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/74/2/251?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2008; 74:251-282
Article]]> Erik-Hans Klijn, Jurian Edelenbos, Michiel Kort, Mark van Twist 2008-06-01 10.1177/0020852308089905 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Citizen or customer? Complaints handling in the public sector]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/73/4/549?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2007; 73:549-556
Article]]> Brian Brewer 2007-12-01 10.1177/0020852307083457 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[High expectations, varying outcomes: decentralization and participation in Brazil, Japan, Russia and Sweden]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/73/3/424?rss=1&ssource=mfc Sep 1, 2007; 73:424-451
Article]]> Christina W. Andrews, Michiel S. de Vries 2007-09-01 10.1177/0020852307081151 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Public governance: balancing stakeholder power in a network society]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/71/2/217?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2005; 71:217-228
Article]]> Tony Bovaird 2005-06-01 10.1177/0020852305053881 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Good governance, professionalism, ethics and responsibility]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/72/2/155?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2006; 72:155-170
Article]]> Demetrios Argyriades 2006-06-01 10.1177/0020852306064607 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Moving towards the virtual state: integrating services and service channels for citizen-centred delivery]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/71/1/119?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2005; 71:119-131
Article]]> Kenneth Kernaghan 2005-03-01 10.1177/0020852305051688 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Reform of the employment and welfare administrations the challenges of co-coordinating diverse public organizations]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/73/3/389?rss=1&ssource=mfc Sep 1, 2007; 73:389-408
Article]]> Tom Christensen, Anne Lise Fimreite, Per Laegreid 2007-09-01 10.1177/0020852307081149 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Comparing Measures of Citizen Trust and User Satisfaction as Indicators of 'Good Governance': Difficulties in Linking Trust and Satisfaction Indicators]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/69/3/329?rss=1&ssource=mfc Sep 1, 2003; 69:329-343
Article]]> Geert Bouckaert, Steven van de Walle 2003-09-01 10.1177/0020852303693003 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Dynamics of Public Sector Accountability in an Era of Reform]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/66/1/21?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2000; 66:21-44
Article]]> Barbara S. Romzek 2000-03-01 10.1177/0020852300661004 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Is the New Public Management a Paradigm? Does it Matter?]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/66/4/573?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2000; 66:573-597
Article]]> James Iain Gow, Caroline Dufour 2000-12-01 10.1177/0020852300664002 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Local government reform in China: a rational actor perspective]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/72/2/253?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2006; 72:253-267
Article]]> Janice L. Caulfield 2006-06-01 10.1177/0020852306064613 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[How do politicians use performance information? An analysis of the Norwegian local government experience]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/73/3/453?rss=1&ssource=mfc Sep 1, 2007; 73:453-472
Article]]> Jostein Askim 2007-09-01 10.1177/0020852307081152 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Imitation and inspiration in public sector reform: lessons from Commonwealth experiences]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/73/4/517?rss=1&ssource=mfc Dec 1, 2007; 73:517-530
Article]]> Rob Laking, Richard Norman 2007-12-01 10.1177/0020852307083455 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Coping with Conflict within the Entrepreneurial University: Threat or Challenge for Heads of Departments in the UK Higher Education Context]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/70/2/345?rss=1&ssource=mfc Jun 1, 2004; 70:345-372
Article]]> Tatiana Sotirakou 2004-06-01 10.1177/0020852304044261 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Managerial and political accountability: the widening gap in the organization of welfare]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/73/3/365?rss=1&ssource=mfc Sep 1, 2007; 73:365-387
Article]]> Paola Mattei 2007-09-01 10.1177/0020852307081147 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Management of the new pay systems in the public sector -- some implications of insights gained from experiments]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/74/1/79?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2008; 74:79-93
Article]]> Kirsten Bregn 2008-03-01 10.1177/0020852307085735 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Public sector benchmarking: a survey of scientific articles, 1990--2005]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/74/3/421?rss=1&ssource=mfc Sep 1, 2008; 74:421-433
Article]]> Okke Braadbaart, Benni Yusnandarshah 2008-09-01 10.1177/0020852308095311 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Crisis as change strategy in public organizations]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/74/1/65?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2008; 74:65-77
Article]]> Claude Rochet, Olivier Keramidas, Lugdivine Bout 2008-03-01 10.1177/0020852307085734 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[A cultural ecology of New Public Management]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/74/3/373?rss=1&ssource=mfc Sep 1, 2008; 74:373-394
Article]]> Soma Pillay 2008-09-01 10.1177/0020852308095949 SAGE Publications <![CDATA[Managing trust and relationships in PPPs: some Australian experiences]]> http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/72/1/85?rss=1&ssource=mfc Mar 1, 2006; 72:85-100
Article]]> Julian Teicher, Quamrul Alam, Bernadine Van Gramberg 2006-03-01 10.1177/0020852306061624 SAGE Publications