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N/A - Government Agencies: Practices and Lessons from 30 Countries (Public Sector Organizations) - 9780230354357 - V9780230354357
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Government Agencies: Practices and Lessons from 30 Countries (Public Sector Organizations)

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Description for Government Agencies: Practices and Lessons from 30 Countries (Public Sector Organizations) Hardcover. 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. Editor(s): Verhoest, Koen; Thiel, Sandra van; Bouckaert, Geert; Lagreid, Per. Series: Public Sector Organizations. Num Pages: 496 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 884.
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.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Series
Public Sector Organizations
Number of Pages
474
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230354357
SKU
V9780230354357
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VIBEKE NORMANN ANDERSEN Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Management, Syddanksk Universitet, Denmark JOAQUIM FILIPE ARAÚJO Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management Universidade do Minho, Portugal CHRIS AULICH Professor, ANZSOG Institute for Governance, University of Canberra, Australia TOBIAS BACH Research Fellow, University of Hannover, Germany DAN OCTAVIAN BALICA Research assistant, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania DARIO BARBIERI SDA Bocconi, ... Read more

Reviews for Government Agencies: Practices and Lessons from 30 Countries (Public Sector Organizations)
'Applying a common data and analytic template to 30 countries, the contributors examine the historical origins and legal frameworks of agencies, their capacity to carry out assigned tasks, the political and administrative implications, and more. If the purpose of agencies has been to tear down the vast, vertically-integrated government bureaucracies that dominated public administration during most of the 20th century, ... Read more

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