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Rhetoric Versus Reality? A Comparative Study of Public and Non‐Public Sector Employees' Perceptions of Discrimination

open access: yesPublic Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How people are treated in the workplace is of increasing concern, with many scholars arguing that the government, as an employer, should set the standard for equitable treatment. While attention to equity in public administration has grown in research and practice, minimal work has comparatively explored discrimination in the public and non ...
Lihi Lahat   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patronage, Contextual Flexibility, and Organisational Innovation in Lebanese Protected Areas Management

open access: yesConservation & Society, 2014
The Lebanese Shouf Biosphere Reserve (SBR) counts among the most successful Middle Eastern conservation projects today. This article describes the evolution and contemporary management of conservation in Shouf.
Mads Solberg
doaj   +1 more source

Collective Action, Clientelism and Connectivity [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2010
Backed by studies finding only limited propensity for free-riding when communities have an interest in self-provision, the last few decades have seen a surge of interest in community-based development. A major caveat to the “second wave” of collective action studies, however, is that collective action often breaks down under hierarchical social ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Little Fish in Big Ponds: The Pathways to Inclusion for Micro‐Minorities in Power‐Sharing Societies

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Emergent critique of consociations has focused on how micro‐minority ‘others’ are frequently excluded from the opportunities presented by power‐sharing systems, with dominant elites shutting them out. Therefore, a key question is: how do the political elites of micro‐minorities gain more meaningful inclusion by adopting or navigating the ...
Aleksandra Zdeb, Drew Mikhael
wiley   +1 more source

Four Dimensions of Presidential Leadership: Rethinking Nelson Mandela's Presidency

open access: yesPresidential Studies Quarterly, Volume 56, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This article applies a four‐dimensional analytical framework to re‐evaluate Nelson Mandela's presidency (1994–1999). The framework distinguishes tensions and synergies across four key domains of leadership: executive and symbolic, party and state, international and domestic, and formal versus informal.
Anthony Butler
wiley   +1 more source

The Pro‐Office Mindset. Anticorruption Beyond Legal Instruments

open access: yes
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Emanuela Ceva, Patrizia Pedrini
wiley   +1 more source

Co‐Creating Legitimacy for All. A Local Non‐Governmental Organization's Role in Post‐Conflict Liberia

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, Volume 46, Issue 1, Page 35-45, February 2026.
ABSTRACT This article explores the multiple relationships and legitimacy demands that Southern non‐governmental organizations (SNGO) face as they broker between the field of development cooperation and the local context. The article draws from organizational institutionalism, a rather novel approach for the study of development NGOs and their ...
Anja Onali
wiley   +1 more source

A theory on political violence in hybrid regimes: insights from Colombia

open access: yesFrontiers in Political Science
IntroductionThis article presents a model of political competition in which political parties, through clientelism strategies, vie for control of legislative seats.
Andrés Cendales   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clientelism in Bandar Lampung’s Mayor Election 2015: A case study of Herman H. N. and M. Yusuf Kohar as candidate pair

open access: yesMasyarakat, Kebudayaan dan Politik, 2018
Clientelism is a renewal of the patronage concept, usually referred to as patron-client in some scientific literature. Research about patron-client in the context of domestic politics, specifically in regional elections, is rarely conducted.
Robi Cahyadi Kurniawan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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