Governance of Public Sector Organizations: Proliferation, Autonomy and Performance

✍ Scribed by Per Lægreid, Koen Verhoest (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 352
Series: Governance and Public Management
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction: Reforming Public Sector Organizations....Pages 1-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
The Structural Anatomy of the Norwegian State: Increased Specialization or a Pendulum Shift?....Pages 21-43
The Agency Landscape in Hungary, 2002–2006....Pages 44-65
Specialization and Fragmentation in Regulatory Regimes....Pages 66-85
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Policy and Management Autonomy of Federal Agencies in Germany....Pages 89-110
Explaining Autonomy in Public Agencies: The Case of Hong Kong....Pages 111-132
Determinants of Result-based Control in Italian Agencies....Pages 133-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
The Long-run Performance of Decentralized Agencies in Québec....Pages 157-176
Comparing Impacts of Modes of Governance....Pages 177-194
Are Regulatory Agencies Delivering What They Promise?....Pages 195-210
Performance of Public Sector Organizations: Do Managerial Tools Matter?....Pages 211-232
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Post-NPM Responses to Disaggregation Through Coordinating Horizontally and Integrating Governance....Pages 235-254
Increased Complexity in Public Organizations — the Challenges of Combining NPM and Post-NPM....Pages 255-275
Organizing Public Sector Agencies: Challenges and Reflections....Pages 276-297
Back Matter....Pages 298-343

✦ Subjects

Public Policy; Comparative Politics; Political Science; Public Administration; US Politics

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