| Description |
vii, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Comparative studies of organizations in the public sector |
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Comparative studies of organizations in the public sector.
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| Contents |
Agencification and regulatory reforms / Tom Christensen and Per L©Œgreid -- Depoliticisation, accountability, arena shifting and scientization -- Depoliticisation, democracy and arena shifting / Matthew Flinders and Jim Buller -- Institutional transformation? : the scientization of central banking as case study / Martin Marcussen -- Accountability and coordination with independent foundations : a Canadian case of autonomization / Peter Aucoin -- Reassertion of the centre -- Theoretical faith and practical works : de-autonomizing and joining-up in the New Zealand state sector / Robert Gregory -- The reassertion of the centre in a first generation NPM system / John Halligan -- The tensions of political control and administrative autonomy : from NPM to a reconstituted Westminster model / David Richards and Martin Smith -- Agencies, autonomy, coordination, and control -- Delegation and specialization in regulatory administration : a comparative analysis of Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands / J©ırgen Gr©ınnegaard Christensen and Kutsal Yesilkagit -- Autonomy and control in the Norwegian civil service : does agency form matter? / Per L©Œgreid, Paul G. Roness, and Kristin Rubecksen -- Accountability and accountability arrangements in public agencies / Bram Verschuere, Koen Verhoest, Falke Meyers, and B. Guy Peters-- Regulation by and inside the state -- Discipline and punish -- or trust? : contrasting bases for performance management in executive agencies / Christopher Pollitt -- The dynamics of regulatory reform / Hanne Foss Hansen and Lene Holm Pedersen -- Conclusion and reflections -- Rebalancing the state : reregulation and the reassertion of the center / Tom Christensen and Per L©Œgreid |
| Summary |
This book focuses on regulatory reforms and the autonomization and agencification of public sector organizations across Europe, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. The central argument of the book is that regulation and agencification occur and perform in tandem. Comparative analysis on the processes, effects and implications of regulatory reform and the establishment of semi-independent agencies are undertaken, and the practice of trade-offs between political control and agency autonomy is explored. The contributors also discuss the challenges of fragmentation, coordination, 'joined-up' government and other government initiatives in the aftermath of the New Public Management movement and its focus on agencification. Finally, the complexity of deregulation/re-regulation, new emergent forms of regulation, control and auditing as well as reassertion of the centre are examined |
| Analysis |
Autonomization |
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Regulation |
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Autonomy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Public administration -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Intergovernmental cooperation -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Deregulation.
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung
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| Author |
Christensen, Tom, 1949-
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L©Œgreid, Per
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| LC no. |
2006011695 |
| ISBN |
1845428595 |
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9781845428594 |
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