Agencies: How Governments Do Things through Semi-Autonomous Organizations

✍ Scribed by Christopher Pollitt, Janice Caulfield, Amanda Smullen, Colin Talbot

• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 317
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Many countries now use agencies to deliver central government services. There have been many claims about the benefits of organizing and delivering government in this way, but there has been little research into how they work in practice. This book both reviews existing theories and models of "agentification" and adds detailed analysis of major new empirical evidence.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Tables and Figures......Page 9
Notes on the Authors......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Part I: Setting the Scene......Page 14
1 Agencies: The Context......Page 16
2 Modern Agencies – The Ideal Type......Page 43
Part II: Agencies in Four Countries: A Comparison......Page 60
3 Finland......Page 62
4 The Netherlands......Page 76
5 Sweden......Page 92
6 The United Kingdom......Page 110
Part III: Comparing Tasks......Page 128
7 Prisons......Page 130
8 Meteorology......Page 160
9 Forestry......Page 196
10 Social Security......Page 229
Part IV: Conclusions......Page 256
11 Conclusions......Page 258
Appendix: The EUROPAIR Research Project......Page 280
Notes......Page 283
References......Page 284
A......Page 299
B......Page 300
C......Page 301
D......Page 302
E......Page 303
F......Page 304
H......Page 305
J......Page 306
M......Page 307
N......Page 308
O......Page 309
P......Page 310
R......Page 311
S......Page 312
T......Page 314
U......Page 315
W......Page 316
Z......Page 317