Autonomy and Control of State Agencies
Comparing States and Agencies
K Verhoest author B Verschuere author P Roness author K Rubecksen author M MacCarthaigh author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Published:29th Jan '10
Should be back in stock very soon
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£89.99(9780230577657)
By comparing the autonomy, control and internal management of public organizations, this book show how New Public Management doctrines work out in three small European states with different politico-administrative regimes. Using survey data on 226 state agencies, hypotheses drawing on organization theory and neo-institutional schools are tested.
"This book is a major contribution to the literature on agencification...holds a place among the most important books to appear on agencification this decade...an important, convincing and valuable book."
- West European Politics
ISBN: 9781349367351
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311 pages
1st ed. 2010