The Public Sector Reform Movement: Mapping the Global Policy Network

Pal, Leslie A.; Ireland, Derek

doi:10.1080/01900690903000187

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“…The first will address will focus on the official domain looking at the role of international organisations in transfer processes between states. As noted by Dunlop and Radaelli (forthcoming), many 'international organisations reveal strong normative assumptions about how governments should learn' (also Pal and Ireland 2009). They have launched different instruments for cross-national and trans-national learning, such as benchmarking, peer review, checklists and 'facilitated coordination'.…”

Section: International Policy Intermediariesmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…It is distinguishable from the first modality because ideas and ideologies are inputs to policy development rather than outcomes. For example, the spread of the New Right agenda during the 1980s and 1990s; the movement of NPM ideas around the world (Pal and Ireland 2009); the economic reform precepts of the (post) Washington Consensus or the 'Open Society' values.…”

Section: Policy Studies 485mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Transfer and translation of policy

2012

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The past two decades have seen a wealth of papers on policy diffusion and policy transfer. In the first half, this paper reviews some of the trends in the literature by looking backwards to the political science diffusion literature, and forwards to the expanding multi-disciplinary social science literatures on policy 'learning', 'mobilities' and 'translation' which qualify many of the rationalist assumptions of the early diffusion/transfer literatures. These studies stress the complexity of context that modifies exports of policy and the need for interpretation or experimentalism in the assemblage of policy. The second half of the paper focuses on role of international organisations and non-state actors in transnational transfer in the spread of norms, standard setting and development of professional communities or networks that promote harmonisation and policy coordination. The 'soft' transfer of ideas and information via networks whether they be personal, professional or electronic is rapid and frequent. It is rather more infrequent to see such ideas structure governance and become institutionalised. Knowledge transfer is more extensive than policy transfer.

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Section: International Policy Intermediariesmentioning

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Section: Policy Studies 485mentioning

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Transfer and translation of policy

2012

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“…The methodology used for this article combines the inductive and the systematic (Web) strategies. As we describe in the next section, the inductive strategy yielded a list of some 91 organizations involved in public sector reform was culled from several sources (Pal and Ireland 2009).…”

Section: The Public Sector Reform Movementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A basic method of mapping global public policy networks (GPPNs) around this issue and others is inductive—consulting lists produced by various organizations and aggregating them into a portrait or map of the community (Pal and Ireland 2009). For example, Kaul and colleagues at the UNDP have mapped global public–private partnerships, arriving at almost 400 cases that meet their criteria (Broadwater and Kaul 2005; Kaul 2005).…”

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“Modernizing Government”: Mapping Global Public Policy Networks

McNutt

Pal

2011

Governance

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Public sector reform is a key policy area, driven by global public policy networks. Research on these networks has been inductive, highlighting organizations like the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). This article examines "virtual policy networks" (VPNs) on the Web. Using IssueCrawler, we conduct a hyperlink analysis that permits us to map seven VPNs. The first network mapped the hyperlinks of 91 organizations identified through inductive methods. The hypothesis that the virtual network would include all actors identified in the inductive approach was refuted. The other six networks focused on: market mechanisms, open government, performance, public employment, reform, and restructuring. Among the findings, the U.S. government is prominent in the first three, while international organizations dominate the others. VPN rankings show that the World Bank dominates the OECD. When the inductive research is blended with the VPN research, the OECD's prominence increases, and we see the importance of market mechanisms and reform VPNs as pillars of globalization.

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“…Further, public sector should focus on service quality and also frame strategic aspects with help of the concept as service quality (Sotirakou & Zeppou, 2005;Wright & Pandey, 2010). Due to the above mentioned reasons, public sector organizations in developed and developing countries have to modernize their functions and work more efficiently (Pal & Ireland, 2009;Torres et al, 2005).…”

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Service Quality Dimensions of Electricity Services: Evidence from Electricity Board in Sri Lanka

Achchuthan¹,

Nadarajah²,

Jayasundara³

2014

ASS

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The paper tries to develop an empirical model of service quality in terms of electricity services that may form a basis for a better understanding of its determinants. Specifically, it's aimed to identify the dimensions of service quality of electricity services provided by the Ceylon Electricity Board located in Badulla District. The study employs exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and the service quality dimensions are identified using it as an independence technique. Data were collected by a structured questionnaire that consists of two sections as Part A and B. A total of 300 usable responses (n =300) were obtained through simple random sampling technique. The model consists of five dimensions such as tangibility, empathy, responsiveness, reliability, and assurance that have been detected by exploratory factor analysis. Further, results revealed that dimensions extracted from the analysis accounted for 62.899 percent of the total variance. While the study limits to the electricity services provided by the public sector organization based in Badulla district, the findings introduce the dimensions of service quality for electricity services, which may be a base for other scholars.

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The Public Sector Reform Movement: Mapping the Global Policy Network

Cited by 32 publications

References 30 publications

Transfer and translation of policy

Transfer and translation of policy

“Modernizing Government”: Mapping Global Public Policy Networks

Service Quality Dimensions of Electricity Services: Evidence from Electricity Board in Sri Lanka

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