This study evaluates the efficacy of Hofstede’s indexes of national culture in the context of public planning agencies across six countries—US, Mexico, Serbia-Montenegro, Russia, Japan, and South Korea. We surveyed 343 planning employees and computed separate one-way, between groups analyses...

The persistent debate on the consolidation versus fragmentation model of government is a result of a dualist conceptualization of governance reform by two competing theories—public choice and traditional reform. Both argue for reform, but their definitions of reform are diametrically opposed...

Prediction intervals in state-space models can be obtained by assuming Gaussian innovations and using the prediction equations of the Kalman filter, with the true parameters substituted by consistent estimates. This approach has two limitations. First, it does not incorporate the uncertainty...

Prediction intervals in State Space models can be obtained by assuming Gaussian innovations and using the prediction equations of the Kalman filter, where the true parameters are substituted by consistent estimates. This approach has two limitations. First, it does not incorporate the...

This study reports on public opinion surveys on fiscal value, taxation, trust and confidence in governments, and federal political culture conducted in Canada, Mexico, and the United States in June 2004. Compared to past years, support for the federal government remains high in the United...

This research reports on public opinion surveys on intergovernmental and federal issues conducted in Canada, Mexico, and the United States in March and April 2003. In all three countries, respondents most often see their federal government as being the least effective, least efficient, and least...

Cet article porte sur la politique de l'emploi et la protection contre le chomage en Coree du Sud apres la crise asiatique.

Ce document de travail propose une introduction analytique a la lecture des théories du systeme mondial capitaliste. Une premiere partie explique les liaisons existant entre l'oeuvre de Marx et ces theories. Les trois parties suivantes sont consacrees aux apports respectifs de Samir Amin,...

Quel systeme mondial la triade Etats-Unis-Europe-Japon cherche-t-elle a imposer a travers l'actuelle mondialisation neo-liberale, quel systeme mondial alternatif serait en contrepoids possible et souhaitable, quel role pourrait y tenir le Sud ? Telles sont les questions auxquelles ce document de...

La conjoncture historique actuelle est marquee par le rôle de plus en plus central de la connaissance dans l'organisation de la production et la dynamique du progres technique. Cette evolution souleve plusieurs interrogati ons theoriques, en particulier celle de comprendre si la diffusion et le...