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Incrementalism as a concept of iterative improvement in government project development no longer a legitimate public administration theory

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It opened in 2001 and was completed in 2011, serving Hudson County only, and a recent proposal to finally extend it to Bergen has been further delayed (" Three decades later, the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail line still has no Bergen spur. Incrementalism is a public administration theory proposed in the 1950s by Charles Lindblom.

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October 2016 | Studying Networks Over Time, By H. Brinton Milward

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

Over time do networks become political actors in their own right that can forge a measure of autonomy (Carpenter, 2001)? 2001) The Forging of Bureaucratic Autonomy: Reputations, Networks, and Policy Innovation in Executive Agencies, 1862-1928. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory , 21 (Suppl. References.

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V for Vagina: The Anniversary of Michigan Representative Lisa Brown’s Vagina Monologue

Public Policy Blog

Power is a difficult concept to study but if you are tracking outcomes, it becomes a little bit easier as James Battista (2011) states in his paper Formal and Perceived Leadership Power in U.S. Battista, James (2011). State Legislatures: Power in general has been notoriously difficult to pin down at even a conceptual level. References.