Looking for a reliable measure of Public opinion towards reforms in the public sector.
Dear all
I'm a PhD. candidate at the Division of Public Administration and Policy.
My research focuses on public opinion towards reforms in public organization with a focus on called reforms in the Electricity sector. The research supervised by Prof. Eran Vigoda-Gadot.
In addition to our efforts to find solid measures to the main variable ("public opinion towards public organization reform"), we found few measures that used in this field. For example:
Christensen, T. & Laegreid, P.(2003)."Trust in Government – the Significance of Attitudes Towards Democracy, the Public Sector and Public Sector Reform". Working Paper 7. Stein Rokkan Center for Social Studies. Bergen University Research Foundation.PP.1-30.
Debardeleben, J.(1999)."Attitudes Towards Privatisation in Russia". Europe-Asia Studies.Vol.51(3).PP.447–465.
Hayo, B.(1997)."Eastern European Public Opinion on Economic Issues: Privatization and Transformation". American Journal of Economic and Sociology. Vol.56(1).PP.85-102.
Kaufman, R.R. & Zuckermann, L.(1998)."Attitudes Toward Economic Reform in Mexico: The Role of Political Mediations". American Political Science Review. Vol.92(2).PP.359-375.
All these are somewhat helpful but we would like to ask for your help in allocating other possible measures for attitudes towards reforms that are valid and reliable and provide a list of specific items. We will be very happy to get any additional proposals for a solid measure for this variable.
THANK YOU,
Haim Cohen
Division of Public Administration & Policy
School of Political Sciences,
University of Haifa.
Email: cohenh@iec.co.il