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Rethinking Public Administration Reform: Institutional Layering of Bureaucratic, Managerial and Community Logics Over Time in Nigeria's Tax Administration

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The reform of public institutions has attracted sustained attention in both scholarship and policymaking. Increasingly, however, there is growing recognition that reforms are rarely implemented in an institutional vacuum. Instead, new reforms are layered onto existing arrangements, producing hybrid institutional landscapes shaped by prior ...
Edidiong Bassey
wiley   +1 more source

Sinking budgets and ballooning prices: Recent developments connected to military spending [PDF]

open access: yes
Military spending in the West generally declined after the Cold War. Given the economic pressures that many of these states confronted, they can be said to have experienced a fortuitous conjunction of lessening security demands with stable if not rising ...
Cusack, Thomas R.
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Where Have I Seen You Before? Networks, Trust and Reciprocity as a Source of Collaboration in the Public Service

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although some studies focus on how bureaucrats' interactions with one another affect performance, they rarely focus on why these public servants collaborate. Bureaucrats' collaboration matters because it can significantly contribute to achieving policy goals.
Nathalie Mendez
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking Gender Representation in Policing: Experimental Insights on Citizen Trust and Cooperation in South Korea

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study extends the literature on symbolic representation by examining how increased female representation affects citizens' attitudes in policy areas that are not typically salient to women. A survey experiment with South Korean citizens tested whether a greater presence of female police leaders overseeing patrol programs affects public ...
Sunyoung Pyo
wiley   +1 more source

Soviet industry and the Red Army under Stalin : a military-industrial complex? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
The paper considers some of the views of the Stalin–era relationship between Soviet industry and the Red Army that are current in the literature, and disentangles some confusions of translation.
Harrison, Mark
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Antimony Tin Oxide as a Nano Reinforcement Component for Acrylonitrile Styrene Acrylate in Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing: Rheology and Thermomechanical Scores

open access: yesPolymer Composites, EarlyView.
ASA/ATO nanocomposites in MEX 3D for outdoor applications. ABSTRACT In this study, the influence of incorporating Antimony Tin Oxide (ATO) filler into the Acrylonitrile Styrene Acrylate (ASA) pure polymer matrix was investigated, focusing on the mechanical, thermomechanical/thermochemical, and overall quality of 3D printed ASA/ATO nanocomposites.
Nectarios Vidakis   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Red Devil, 5th Infantry Division, Indiantown Gap Military Reservation.

open access: yes, 1953
"This publication was prepared with the cooperation of the Public Information Office, Indiantown Gap Military Reservation."Mode of access ...
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation (Pa.). Public Information Office.
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Synergistic Network Formation in SBR/ANF Composites: GMA Bridging and Electron‐Beam Crosslinking for Enhanced Strength and Damping Control

open access: yesPolymer Engineering &Science, EarlyView.
Styrene‐butadiene rubber/aramid nanofiber composites interfacially reinforced with glycidyl methacrylate via electron beam irradiation. ABSTRACT Styrene‐butadiene rubber (SBR) is widely used in tire and damping applications, yet its reinforcement with polar nanofillers is often limited by weak interfacial adhesion in nonpolar matrices.
In‐Hee Kim   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Privateers in Australia’s conflict and disaster zones [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The private security industry has become an established component in the conflict and disaster zones where the Australian Government operates and looks set to be an enduring feature of the security landscape.
James Brown
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An interdisciplinary review of the interplay of conflict, socio‐economic factors, and land cover and vegetation dynamics in Colombia

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Colombia's forests play a crucial role in preserving biodiversity and mitigating climate change, but they are currently facing severe degradation, particularly after the 2016 Peace Agreement. Our literature review highlights a growing research interest in this topic and demonstrates how interdisciplinary approaches combining diverse methods can enhance
Estefanía Muñoz   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

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