The Performing State: Reflection on an Idea Whose Time Has Come but Whose Implementation Has Not

By Allen G. Schick. 2003

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The contemporary nation-state exists to perform, to provide financial assistance, public services and other benefits to its people. How well the government performs influences the economic and social well-being of citizens, the mindset that voters take into the election booth, the programs and behavior of politicians and bureaucrats, and the relationship between government and the governed.

Subfields: Finance, Sociology and Political Science

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1. Bernardino Benito
2. J. Rommel
3. J. Christiaens
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Citations in the corpus

• The Determinants of Local Government's Financial Transparency (2011, background): “Schick (2003) indicates that, at municipal level, voter turnout is lower, government activity is less transparent and the risk of corruption is higher.”
• Challenges and Lessons in Implementing Results-Based Management (2007, background): “It is essential for successful Such efforts are linked with the general reforms undertaken in many public sectors over the past 20 years (Aucoin, 1995; OECD, 2005; Pollitt and Bouckaert, 2000; Schick, 2003).”
• Accrual Accounting Reforms: Only for Businesslike (Parts of) Governments (2008, background): “This may have provoked substantial discontent from voters, who have now become aware of the organisational failure (Schick, 2003).”