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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"administrative discretion"”.
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Between Bureaucracy and Democracy: Regulating Administrative Discretion in Japan
… drift (dependent variable). Variation in agent discretion is the critical effect of the independent variable (i.e., number of principals) on the dependent variable (bureaucratic drift). “Discretion” is “administrative decision-making absent directives from political principals.” …
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Pollution control, administrative discretion and science: a journey through the maze of environmental law
… the interface between environmental regulatory discretion and scientific complexities. Two key observations about the nature of scientific information are made which lead to the argument in this thesis that science must be made more explicit in environmental decision making processes. First, …
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Dispersion or Re-Segregation: A Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Public Policies and Their Impact on Urban African American Mobility
… the role of government, public policies, and administrative discretion were responsible for the re-segregation of African Americans into second ghetto communities in Chicago. Many scholars have used Hirsch's framework to explain ghetto formation. This investigation seeks to extend the …
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Whose Hand to Hold? How Administrators Understand Eminent Domain and Where They Turn for Guidance
… administrators' professionalism affects their administrative discretion in the implementation of a legal case, Kelo. Relying on survey and elite interview analysis with public administrators in the state of Connecticut, the birthplace of the Kelo case, this research seeks to answer the …
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Strengthening the Settings for Inland Revenue’s Statutory Role as Tax Collector
… challenging for IR. There are simply not enough administrative resources to assess and collect every dollar of tax revenue that is due. In addition, the legislation itself is necessarily complex and the meaning of the law is not always clear. A level of administrative discretion is needed to …
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Navigating Transitions: Alternative Education Leadership Perspectives on Student Re-Entry Processes in Central Virginia Schools
… relying instead on basic compliance measures and administrative discretion; (2) A substantial curriculum disconnect exists between alternative and comprehensive schools, leaving students academically unprepared for reintegration; (3) The dramatic transition from small, highly structured …
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Fairness in Dispute: Understanding the Principles of Equity, Equality, and Reciprocity in Federal Procurement Contracting
… agents to examine the "human" dimensions of administrative discretion in procurement. In addition to explaining the fundamental differences between "fairness" (between individual entities) and "justice" (fairness writ large at the societal level), the dissertation demonstrates how power …
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The Expanded Civic Space of E-Government: Where the State and Citizen Interact Digitally
… implications of e-government on the exercise of administrative discretion, the digital divide, and policy making are explored. Select prescriptions are offered for public administration education, practitioners and scholars. E-government architecture is conceptualized along two dimensions: the …
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN PUBLIC WELFARE POLICIES: ADOPTIONS, PERCEPTIONS AND TRUST
… affect organizational and social factors such as administrative discretion and social inclusion. Secondly, relying on quantitative and experimental methods I examine two further social consequences: trust in AI applications and trust in institutions adopting AI. Besides advancing knowledge about …
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Finding the balance : the Ukrainian experience on the road to freedom and development
… and corruption are a consequence of creeping administrative discretion and have impeded the development of the country tremendously. These problems are enforced by the neglect of substantial rights such as political freedoms, social opportunities and protective security. Thus both the …
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"Call Me Bill": Social Justice and the Administrative Jurisprudence of William Brennan, Jr.
… William Brennan, Jr.'s opinions on the following administrative law topics: civil rights, civil liberties, human resource management, due process, and privacy. The purpose of this examination is (1) to apply Rohr's regime values framework to Brennan's case law, (2) to determine the usefulness of …
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Illuminating Identities and Motivations in Public Participation: Public Administrators' Perspectives about Public Participation in Local Government
The U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Agency provides Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to state and local governments, giving them broad flexibility to design and implement community projects. The CDBG program emphasizes that public hearings are a requirement to obtain …