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Caring for the institution: An ethnography of quality assurance policy in U.S. rural primary care

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Based on mixed‐methods, ethnographic research in a geographically isolated rural medical center in the upper midwestern United States, this paper explores the social implications of healthcare quality assurance policies highly reliant on managerial logics, including measurement and monitoring programs.
Chloe L. Warpinski
wiley   +1 more source

Signals, Red Lines, and Collision: The Israel‐Iran Spiral and US Intervention

open access: yesMiddle East Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract The Iran War erupted in February 2026 without UN authorization, and Washington's rationales—Iranian nuclear ambitions, missile capacity, and proxy threats—map more closely onto Israeli than US security interests. Why have we seen two major conflicts between these belligerents in less than one year?
Buğra Sari
wiley   +1 more source

What Drives the Centralization or Decentralization of Network Governance? A Configurational Analysis in Different Health and Social Care Networks

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many studies have sought to identify the contingency factors of success in various network governance mechanisms. Despite the relevance of their results, the contingency factors that determine the establishment of specific governance forms remain unclear.
Eleonora Gheduzzi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dialogue of the Deaf: How Deliberation With Discontented Citizens May Hopelessly Fail

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Governments employ public deliberation in response to citizen discontent, intending to achieve consensus, mutual understanding, and clarification. However, some studies suggest that deliberation can devolve into a “dialogue of the deaf,” where parties talk past each other, counterproductively leading to conflict, distrust, and confusion ...
Anouk van Twist
wiley   +1 more source

The Evolving Role of 21st Century Municipal Financial Advisors

open access: yesPublic Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We describe the evolution of the market for municipal financial advice since the year 2000 and present new empirical facts. Using SEC municipal advisor filings, we show that the number of operating advisors has decreased over time. We document that withdrawals—either exits, reorganizations, or mergers—are concentrated among smaller firms and ...
Daniel G. Garrett, Baridhi Malakar
wiley   +1 more source

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