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INSTITUTIONS OR CULTURE? A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE

Tavits, Margit (2004) INSTITUTIONS OR CULTURE? A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

The study examines competing institutional and cultural explanations of government performance. I use within country comparison of 125 sub-national governments in Germany and the U.S. and cross-regional comparison of these two countries. Government performance is conceptualized and measured on two dimensions - policy responsiveness and administrative effectiveness. I show that social capital is associated with the former but is unrelated to the level of administrative effectiveness. The latter is explained by the institutional factor of bureaucratic power concentration.


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Item Type: University of Pittsburgh ETD
Status: Unpublished
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Tavits, Margitmat36@pitt.eduMAT36
ETD Committee:
TitleMemberEmail AddressPitt UsernameORCID
Committee ChairPeters, B Guybgpeters@pitt.eduBGPETERS
Committee MemberSbragia, Albertasbragia@pitt.eduSBRAGIA
Committee MemberCarman, Christopher Jcarman@pitt.eduCARMAN
Committee MemberIngraham, Patricia W
Date: 27 June 2004
Date Type: Completion
Defense Date: 2 February 2004
Approval Date: 27 June 2004
Submission Date: 30 March 2004
Access Restriction: No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately.
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs: Faculty of Arts and Sciences > Political Science
Degree: PhD - Doctor of Philosophy
Thesis Type: Doctoral Dissertation
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: administrative effectiveness; German local government; institutions; policy activism; social capital; U.S. local government; cooperation; government performance
Other ID: http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-03302004-125054/, etd-03302004-125054
Date Deposited: 10 Nov 2011 19:33
Last Modified: 15 Nov 2016 13:37
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/6644

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