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Author Boin, Arjen

Title Crafting Public Institutions : Leadership in Two Prison Systems
Published Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (270 pages)
Series Explorations in Public Policy
Explorations in public policy
Contents Book Title; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1-The Pros and Cons of Institution Building: Outlines of a Debate; Building Institutions; Institutions, Institutionalization, and Institution Building; Building Institutions: Can It Be Done?; Building Institutions: Should It Be Done?; Two Prison Systems; A Note on Institutional Research; Notes; 2-A Theory of Institution Building; The Challenge of Institution Building; Institutionalization and Leadership; Building Institutions; Maintaining Institutions; Strategies for Responsible Leadership; Principles of Institutional Leadership; Notes
3-Two Prison Systems: The U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Dutch Prison SystemAssessing Institutionalization; The Bureau Family; The Dutch Prison System; Cohesion in Contrast; Notes; 4-The U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons: Leadership and Integration; Leadership and Mission; Leadership and Inculcation; Leadership and Autonomy; Field Leadership and the Willingness to Comply; Institutionalizing Leadership; Notes; 5-The Dutch Prison System: Leadership and Fragmentation; Leadership and Mission; Leadership and Inculcation; Leadership and Autonomy; Field Leadership; The Dynamics of Fragmentation
Leadership and FragmentationNotes; 6-Leadership, Institutions, and Public Administration; Refounding Public Administration; The Origins of Penal Policy; Lessons for Correctional Leadership; Institution Building; Leadership and Public Administration; Notes; 7-Designing for Performance; Why Build Institutions?; Correctional Performance; Administrative Performance; Public Performance; Designing Safeguards for Institution Building; The Promise of Institution Building; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Book
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Subject Prison administration -- United States
Prison administration -- Netherlands
Institution building -- Case studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology.
Institution building
Prison administration
Netherlands
United States
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781626373204
1626373205