Reducing bureaucracy in clinical trials
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DOI: 10.1002/ueg2.12320
Abstract: In the last few years, clinical trials have become more complex to carry out, mainly because of the increasing volume of needed bureaucratic documents. Therefore, the conduction of academic clinical trials is decelerated, with consequent… read more here.
Keywords: bureaucracy clinical; clinical trials; bureaucracy; reducing bureaucracy ... See more keywords
Inside the Black Box: Uncovering Dynamics and Characteristics of the Chilean Central Government Bureaucracy with a Novel Dataset
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DOI: 10.1017/lap.2023.41
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article examines bureaucracies using a novel dataset of Chilean central government employees from 2006 to 2020. Unlike perception-based sources, this dataset provides objective, disaggregated, and longitudinal insights into bureaucrats’ characteristics and careers. The… read more here.
Keywords: inside black; novel dataset; central government; chilean central ... See more keywords
From bureaucracy to management: The International Criminal Court’s internal progress narrative
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DOI: 10.1017/s092215651800064x
Abstract: Abstract Within international institutions such as the International Criminal Court (ICC), lawyers increasingly encounter managerial practices which are designed to improve organizational efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Charting this trend, scholars have analyzed these practices with a… read more here.
Keywords: court; bureaucracy management; international criminal; bureaucracy ... See more keywords
Representative Bureaucracy: Examining the Effects of Female Teachers on Girls’ Education in Ghana
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DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2017.1388255
Abstract: ABSTRACT Scholars have examined representative bureaucracy as a viable means to make the bureaucracy more responsive to citizens in a democratic society. The theory argues that a diverse public service that mirrors the social demographics… read more here.
Keywords: bureaucracy examining; bureaucracy; examining effects; female teachers ... See more keywords
Representative Bureaucracy and Female Education in Nigeria
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DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2024.2442696
Abstract: ABSTRACT Representative bureaucracy literature argues that when public officials share demographic characteristics with citizens, they tend to advance the interests of these groups. To contribute to the applications of this theory in developing countries, this… read more here.
Keywords: representative bureaucracy; education nigeria; female education; bureaucracy female ... See more keywords
Effectiveness fettered by bureaucracy : why surveillance technology is not evaluated
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DOI: 10.1080/02684527.2020.1772539
Abstract: ABSTRACT The evaluation of the effectiveness of surveillance technology in intelligence agencies and oversight bodies is notably lacking. Assessments of surveillance technology concerning legal compliance, cost, and matters of privacy occupy a solid place, but… read more here.
Keywords: bureaucracy; fettered bureaucracy; effectiveness fettered; surveillance technology ... See more keywords
Ritual governance, rationalized bureaucracy, and ‘failure': the religio-spiritual dimension of global education policy
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DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2024.2441047
Abstract: ABSTRACT Through the concept of ritual governance, this paper argues that it is impossible to separate the secular from the religio-spiritual, cosmological, or onto-epistemic aspect of policy. An inescapable feature of social science and the… read more here.
Keywords: education; religio spiritual; governance; policy ... See more keywords
Bureaucracy as Resistance: Everyday Acts of Power in the Malawi Ministry of Health
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DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2024.2469996
Abstract: This paper investigates the phenomenon of bureaucratic resistance in the Malawi Ministry of Health. While bureaucrats are often seen to resist their superiors through behaviours like shirking or mismanagement, I instead show how bureaucrats can… read more here.
Keywords: resistance; ministry health; everyday acts; malawi ministry ... See more keywords
Bureaucratization, education and the meanings of responsibility
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DOI: 10.1080/03626784.2018.1547615
Abstract: Abstract In US-based educational research, the bureaucratization of education has been interpreted primarily from economic points of view. This paper examines bureaucracy and education from a political perspective, which provides key insights into the ways… read more here.
Keywords: bureaucracy; meanings responsibility; bureaucratization; bureaucratization education ... See more keywords
Traditional bureaucracy and newly-revived leading groups: The Chinese government’s organizational responses to COVID-19
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DOI: 10.1080/10967494.2024.2328217
Abstract: Abstract Drawing on instrumental-structural and cultural-value perspectives, this article examines the Chinese government’s organizational responses to COVID-19 in Wuhan. It highlights two stages: cover-up and inaction, and then a draconian national campaign, with the creation… read more here.
Keywords: chinese government; organizational responses; responses covid; government organizational ... See more keywords
Constructing categories of ‘desirable migrants’ through bureaucracy in French and Canadian mobility regimes
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DOI: 10.1080/1369183x.2025.2501716
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper comparatively examines ‘highly skilled’ Vietnamese migrants’ encounters with the mobility regimes in France and Canada, through their experiences with immigration administrative procedures in these countries. We seek to highlight how categories of… read more here.
Keywords: categories desirable; desirable migrants; constructing categories; mobility regimes ... See more keywords