Governance of Public Sector Organization
β Per LΓ¦greid, Koen Verhoest (eds.)
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2010
π Palgrave Macmillan UK
π English
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Governance of Public Sector Organizations: Proliferation, Autonomy and Performance (Governance and Public Management)
β Scribed by Per Laegreid, Koen Verhoest
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- Palgrave Macmillan
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 358
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- 1
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β¦ Synopsis
Governance of Public Sector Organizations analyzesΒ recent changes in government administration by focusing on organizational forms and their effects. Contributors to this edited volume demonstrate how generations of reform result in increased complexity of government organizations, and explain this layering process with multiple theories.
β¦ Table of Contents
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables and Figures......Page 8
Notes on Contributors......Page 11
Preface......Page 12
COST......Page 14
1 Introduction: Reforming Public Sector Organizations......Page 16
Part I: Proliferation and Specialization......Page 34
2 The Structural Anatomy of the Norwegian State: Increased Specialization or a Pendulum Shift?......Page 36
3 The Agency Landscape in Hungary, 2002β2006......Page 59
4 Specialization and Fragmentation in Regulatory Regimes......Page 81
Part II: Autonomy and Control......Page 102
5 Policy and Management Autonomy of Federal Agencies in Germany......Page 104
6 Explaining Autonomy in Public Agencies: The Case of Hong Kong......Page 126
7 Determinants of Result-based Control in Italian Agencies......Page 148
Part III: Performance and Results......Page 170
8 The Long-run Performance of Decentralized Agencies in QuΓ©bec......Page 172
9 Comparing Impacts of Modes of Governance......Page 192
10 Are Regulatory Agencies Delivering What They Promise?......Page 210
11 Performance of Public Sector Organizations: Do Managerial Tools Matter?......Page 226
Part IV: Post-NPM and Whole-of-Government: Increased Complexity......Page 248
12 Post-NPM Responses to Disaggregation Through Coordinating Horizontally and Integrating Governance......Page 250
13 Increased Complexity in Public Organizations β the Challenges of Combining NPM and Post-NPM......Page 270
14 Organizing Public Sector Agencies: Challenges and Reflections......Page 291
Bibliography......Page 313
Index......Page 345
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