Unbundled government : a critical analysis of the global trend to agencies, quangos and contractualisation / edited by Christopher Pollitt and Colin Talbot
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Setting the scene; The Agency idea: sometimes old, sometimes new, sometimes borrowed, sometimes untrue; What is available and what is missing in the study of quangos?; Agencies, quangos and contracts in the heartlands of the New Public Management; Adapting the agency concept: variations within 'Next Steps'; Executive agencies and joined-up government in the UK; Contracting and accountability: a model of effective contracting drawn from the U.S. experience
Summary
This comprehensive study discusses the series of changes in governmental systems and structures. It considers the varying approaches of different countries and their governmental structures