Government Agencies

Practices and Lessons from 30 Countries
2012. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-230-35436-4
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 474 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 748 g

Reihe: Public Sector Organizations

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Verhoest, K.

Thiel, S van

Bouckaert, G.

Lægreid, P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: AGENCIFICATION AS A GLOBAL PHENOMENON Introduction; K.Verhoest & S.Van Thiel Comparing Agencies across Countries; S.Van Thiel PART II: AGENCIFICATION IN DIFFERENT POLITICO-ADMINISTRATIVE TRADITIONS Section 2.1 Agencification in Anglo-American countries Australia; C.Aulich & R.Wettenhall  Ireland; M.MacCarthaigh & R.Boyle New Zealand; R.Gregory United Kingdom; O.James, A.Moseley, N.Petrovsky & G.Boyne United States; B.G.Peters Comparing Agencification in Anglo-American Countries; J.Halligan & O.James Section 2.2 Agencification in Latin Countries Belgium; K.Verhoest, S.Demuzere & J.Rommel France; F.Lafarge Italy; E.Ongaro, D.Galli, D.Barbieri & P.Fedele Spain; S.Parrado Portugal; S.Mendes, P.Gomes  & J.F.Araújo Comparing Agencification in Latin Countries; S.Parrado, E.Ongaro & K.Verhoest Section 2.3 Agencification in Continental Countries Austria; G.Hammerschmid, A.Krischok & K.Steigenberger Germany; T.Bach Netherlands; K.Yesilkagit & S.Van Thiel Switzerland; R.Steiner & E.Huber Comparing Agencification in Continental Countries; T.Bach & E.Huber Section 2.4 Agencification in Nordic Countries Denmark; M.B.Hansen & V.N.Andersen Finland; A.Salminen ,  O.P.Viinamäki & J.Sokisuu Norway; P.Lægreid, P.G.Roness & K.Rubecksen Sweden; B.Niklasson Comparing Agencification in Nordic Countries; M.B.Hansen, P.Lægreid, J.Pierre & A.Salminen Section 2.5 Agencification in CEE Countries Croatia; I.Kopric & A.Musa Estonia; K.Sarapuu Hungary; G.Hajnal Lithuania; V.Nakrosis & Z.Martinaitis Romania; C.Hintea, A.E.Hudrea & D.O.Balica Slovakia; J.Nemec Comparing Agencification in CEE Countries; T.Randma-Liiv, V.Nakrosis & G.Hajnal Section 2.6 Agencification in Eastern and African Countries Hong Kong; M.Painter Israel; D.Levi-Faur & S.Livshitz Tanzania; A.Sulle Pakistan; M.Z.I.Jadoon, N.Jabeen & A.Rizwan Thailand; B.Bowornwathana Comparing Agencification in Eastern and African Countries; M.Painter Section 2.7 Agencification at Supranational Level EU-Level Agencies;E.Ongaro, D.Barbieri, N.Bellé & P.Fedele PART III: CURRENT CHALLENGES IN AGENCIFICATION IN EUROPE AND BEYOND Agencification in Europe and Beyond: Lessons Learned and Ways Forward; S.van Thiel, K.Verhoest, G.Bouckaert & P.Laegreid Endnotes Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

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, Italy
NICOLA BELLÉ Researcher, Bocconi University, Italy
BIDHYA BOWORNWATHANA Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
RICHARD BOYLE Head of Research, Institute of Public Administration, Ireland
GEORGE BOYNE Professor, Cardiff University, UK
SARA DEMUZERE Researcher, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
PAOLO FEDELE Assistant Professor, Udine University, Italy
DAVIDE GALLI Assistant Professor, Bocconi University, Italy
PATRÍCIA GOMES Researcher, School of Economics and Management Universidade do Minho, Portugal
ROBERT GREGORY Professor of Political Science, School of Government Victoria, University of Wellington, New Zealand
GYÖRGY HAJNAL Associate Professor, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
JOHN HALLIGAN Professor, University of Canberra, Australia
GERHARD HAMMERSCHMID Assistant Professor, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria
MORTEN BALLEHANSEN Assistant Professor, University of Southern Denmark - Syddansk Universitet, Denmark
CALIN EMILIAN HINTEA Professor, Public Administration Department, Babes Bolyai University, Romania
ETIENNE HUBER Research Assistant, University of Bern, Switzerland
ADRIAN V. HUDREA Researcher, Public Administration Department, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
NASIRA JABEEN Professor and Director, Institute of Administrative Sciences, University of Punjab, Pakistan
MUHAMMAD ZAFAR IQBAL JADOON Professor, Institute of Administrative Sciences, University of Punjab, Pakistan
OLIVER JAMES Professor, University of Exeter, UK
JOHANNA JOKISUU Researcher, University of Vaasa, Finland
IVAN KOPRI? Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia
ARNDT KRISCHOK Researcher, Hertie School of Governance, Germany
FRANÇOIS LAFARGE Ecole Nationale d'Administration and University of Strasbourg, France
DAVID LEVI-FAUR Professor, Department of Political Science and The Federmann School of Public Policy, The Hebrew University, Israel
SHIMON LIVSHITZ Researcher, Department of Political Science, The Hebrew University, Israel
MUIRIS MACCARTHAIGH Research Officer, Institute of Public Administration, Ireland
ZILVINAS MARTINAITIS Lecturer, Vilnius University, Lithuania

SILVIA M. MENDES Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management, Universidade do Minho, Porugal
ALICE MOSELEY Research Fellow, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
ANAMARIJA MUSA Assistant Professor, Facultyof Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia
VITALIS NAKRO IS Associate Professor, Vilnius University, Lithuania
JURAJ NEMEC Professor, Matej Bel University Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
BIRGITTA NIKLASSON Researcher, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
EDOARDO ONGARO Professor, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy
MARTIN PAINTER Professor, City University of Hong Kong, China
SALVADOR PARRADO Associate Professor, UNED (Spanish Distance Learning University), Madrid, Spain
B. GUY PETERS Maurice Falk Professor of American Government, University of Pittsburgh, USA
NICOLAI PETROVSKY Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, U.S.A.
JON PIERRE Professor, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
TIINA RANDMA Liiv Professor, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
AISHA RIZWAN Lecturer, Institute of Administrative Sciences, University of Punjab, Pakistan
JAN ROMMEL PhD student, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
PAUL G. RONESS Professor, University of Bergen, Norway
KRISTIN RUBECKSEN Research Fellow, University of Bergen, Norway
ARI SALMINEN Professor, University of Vaasa, Finland
KÜLLI SARAPUU Research Fellow, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
KARIN STEIGENBERGER Researcher, University of Vienna, Austria
RETO STEINER Professor, University of Bern, Switzerland
ANDREW SULLE, Dr., University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
OLLI-PEKKA VIINAMÄKI Senior Researcher, University of Vaasa, Finland
ROGER WETTENHALL Emeritus Professor andVisiting Professor, ANZSOG Institute for Governance, University of Canberra, Australia
KUTSAL YESILKAGIT Associate Professor, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands