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dc.contributor.authorCorbett, J
dc.contributor.authorVeenendaal, W
dc.contributor.authorConnell, J
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-22T03:42:56Z
dc.date.available2020-09-22T03:42:56Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn0033-3298
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/padm.12682
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/397768
dc.description.abstractPublic Administration published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This article interrogates three key arguments derived from the functional approach to studying the core executive: (1) that coordination is the primary problem that confronts executive decision-makers; (2) that improved coordination will lead to better governance; and (3) that linkage problems dissipate as policy systems consolidate. Drawing on the experience of hitherto understudied small states, including 112 interviews with political elites, we show how the effects of country size create governance challenges in the form of leader dominance, patronage systems and capacity constraints. Our findings support the call to broaden the focus of functional analysis beyond its traditional emphasis on coordination. For scholars of small states we synthesize existing empirical findings and provide a theoretical justification for future work using an adaptation of the core executive approach.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPublic Administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4408
dc.titleThe core executive and small states: Is coordination the primary challenge?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCorbett, J; Veenendaal, W; Connell, J, The core executive and small states: Is coordination the primary challenge?, Public Administration, 2020
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.date.updated2020-09-22T03:40:04Z
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gro.rights.copyright© 2020 The Author. Public Administration published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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gro.griffith.authorCorbett, Jack


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