Quangos, Accountability and Reform

The Politics of Quasi-Government
1999. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-312-21644-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

Quangos are now a permanent layer of governance in Britain. This collection challenges the stale debate which portrays quangos as inherently undemocratic. Whilst accepting that problems exist this book accepts that quangos are here to stay. Through a collection of chapters by practitioners, politicians and academics it recognises both the pitfalls and potential offered by these bodies. The book therefore illuminates a new perspective on the debate which for the first time highlights the democratic possibilities of quangos. The book advances and clarifies this complex debate by examining the British reform debate in an international context, and blends theoretical analysis with illuminating case studies from Quango Chief Executives and concrete proposals for reform.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Martin J

Flinders, Matthew V

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; D.Marquand Preface Notes on Contributors PART ONE: HISTORY, PERSPECTIVES AND DEBATE Setting the Scene: Quangos in Context; M.Flinders Diversity and Complexity: the Quango Continuum; M.Flinders and H.McConnel Quangos: Why do Governments Love Them?; M.Flinders Quangos and Local Democracy; G.Stoker PART TWO: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE Quangos in Germany?; J.Fiedler Quangos-cratization in the Netherlands; F.L.Leeuw and S.van Thiel Quangos in New Zealand; E.Wistrich Quangos in Denmark and Scandinavia: Trends, Problems and Perspectives; C.Greve PART THREE: THE INSIDER'S VIEW The Housing Corporation: Multiple Lines of Accountability; A.Mayer Of Ministers, Mandarins and Managers; B.Landers Local Government and the Unelected State; A.Purssell Quango Watch: A Local Authority Perspective; A.Peet A National Health Service in Quangoland; P.Baldwin The Accountability of Training and Enterprise Councils; A.Graham Balancing the Scales: The Growth, Role and Future of the Regulators; A.Booker On Patronage and Appointments; T.Wright Conclusion: Realising the Democratic Potential of Quangos; M.Flinders and M.Smith

Über Autor(innen)

SIR PETER BALDWIN KCB Chairman of the Charities Aid Foundation
ALAN BOOKER Formerly Deputy Director General of Water Services (OFWAT)
DR JURGEN FIEDLER Sub-Director in the German Federal Ministry of Finance in Bonn
ALISTAIR GRAHAM Chief Executive at the Leeds TEC
DR CARSTEN GREVE Assistant Professor in Public Administration at the University of Copenhagen
BRIAN LANDERS Formerly Finance Director of the Prison Service 1993-96; Chief Executive of Waterstones
PROF. FRANS L. LEEUW Professor and Director of the Department of Humanities, Netherlands Open University
ANTHONY MAYER Chief Executive of the Housing Corporation
HUGH MCCONNEL Formerly PERC Quango Project Officer
ANDREW PEET Councillor for Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
ANDREW PURSSELL Currently employed as Environmental Policy Officer
PROF. GERRY STOKER Professor of Politics at the University of Strathclyde
SANDRA VAN THIEL Research Fellow at the Inter-University Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS)
DR ENID WISTRICH Research Co-ordinator in the School of History and Politics at Middlesex University
DR TONY WRIGHT Member of Parliament for Cannock Chase, author of Citizens and Subjects and Socialisms