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Remembering Independence, Debating the Nation: Ghana's National Days

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Ghana, Independence Day is the most important national day and has been annually observed since the attainment of independence in 1957. Additional national days that various military governments introduced to commemorate their ascension to power have been rather short‐lived. Other holidays like Republic Day or Founder's Day have been longer
Carola Lentz
wiley   +1 more source

Equity How and Equity for Whom? Incorporating Equity Into Local Government Budgeting Processes

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social equity is politically polarized, with advocates contending that it is a governance mandate and opponents claiming that it promotes reverse discrimination and inefficiencies. When implementing policies and programs, local bureaucrats must maneuver within this legal, ethical, normative, and political battlefield.
Alexis R. Kennedy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Own and others' confidence in social information use. [PDF]

open access: yesiScience
Gradassi A, van den Bos W, Molleman L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Policymakers' Preferences Over Public–Private Modes of Service Delivery and Credit‐Claiming: Experimental Evidence

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A survey experiment on US elected local policymakers allows us to test how incumbents strategically use infrastructure projects in their electoral campaigns. Each local official is presented with a scenario in which they are asked to imagine that they are going to run for office again and that a new infrastructure project has just been ...
Eleanor Florence Woodhouse   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterizing population-level changes in human behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Urmi T   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Navigating the Algorithmic State: Public Values and Citizens' Preferences of AI‐Driven Public Service Delivery

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the public sector increasingly adopts AI‐powered automated decision systems (ADS), understanding how citizens experience and value ADS use in public decision‐making is both normatively and practically important. Therefore, we examine and compare the effects of seven attributes of public values on citizens' support for ADS adoption in two ...
Guimin Zheng   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bonds on the Ballot: What Voters (Don't) Know About Debt Financing and Why It Matters

open access: yesPublic Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
Abstract American subnational governments commonly require voters to approve bond proposals, reflecting historical concerns about legislative shortsightedness. Yet voters need an understanding of how bond financing works to make choices consistent with preferences. Existing literature makes it unclear whether voters have such knowledge.
Shanna Pearson‐Merkowitz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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