Government Agencies: Practices and Lessons from 30 Countries

✍ Scribed by Koen Verhoest, Sandra Van Thiel, Geert Bouckaert, Per Lægreid (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 494
Series: Public Sector Organizations
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

This book describes and compares how semi-autonomous agencies are created and governed by 30 governments. It leads practitioners and researchers through the crowded world of agencies, describing their tasks, autonomy, control and history. Evidence-based lessons and recommendations are formulated to improve agencification policies in post-NPM times.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-17
Comparing Agencies across Countries....Pages 18-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Australia....Pages 29-39
Ireland....Pages 40-50
New Zealand....Pages 51-56
United Kingdom....Pages 57-68
The United States of America....Pages 69-76
Comparing Agencification in Anglo-American Countries....Pages 77-82
Belgium and Its Regions....Pages 84-97
France....Pages 98-109
Italy....Pages 110-121
Spain....Pages 122-132
Portugal....Pages 133-144
Comparing Agencification in Latin Countries....Pages 145-154
Austria....Pages 156-165
Germany....Pages 166-178
The Netherlands....Pages 179-190
Switzerland....Pages 191-202
Comparing Agencification in Continental Countries....Pages 203-210
Denmark....Pages 212-222
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Finland....Pages 223-233
Norway....Pages 234-244
Sweden....Pages 245-258
Comparing Agencification in Nordic Countries....Pages 259-264
Croatia....Pages 266-276
Estonia....Pages 277-287
Hungary....Pages 288-299
Lithuania....Pages 300-311
Romania....Pages 312-322
Slovakia....Pages 323-334
Comparing Agencification in Central and Eastern Europe....Pages 335-340
Hong Kong....Pages 342-352
Israel....Pages 353-362
Tanzania....Pages 363-371
Pakistan....Pages 372-380
Thailand....Pages 381-392
Comparing Agencification in Eastern and African Countries....Pages 393-398
European Union (EU) Agencies....Pages 400-410
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
Lessons and Recommendations for the Practice of Agencification....Pages 413-439
Back Matter....Pages 441-474

✦ Subjects

Comparative Politics; Public Policy; Political Science; Public Administration; Globalization; International Relations

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