04304oam 2200673I 450 991045074310332120200520144314.01-280-07545-70-203-50714-20-415-31448-81-134-37979-X10.4324/9780203507148 (CKB)1000000000447782(SSID)ssj0000312203(PQKBManifestationID)11265915(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000312203(PQKBWorkID)10329964(PQKB)11621864(MiAaPQ)EBC200366(Au-PeEL)EBL200366(CaPaEBR)ebr10098764(CaONFJC)MIL7545(OCoLC)56360044(EXLCZ)99100000000044778220180331d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrUnbundled government a critical analysis of the global trend to agencies, quangos and contractualisation /edited by Christopher Pollitt and Colin TalbotLondon ;New York :Routledge,2004.xv, 349 p. illRoutledge studies in public management ;1Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-138-88228-3 0-203-34771-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.part Part I Setting the scene -- chapter 1 The Agency idea -- Sometimes old, sometimes new, sometimes borrowed, sometimes untrue /Colin Talbot -- chapter 2 What is available and what is missing in the study of quangos? /Geert Bouckaert -- part PART II Agencies, quangos and contracts in the heartlands of the New Public Management -- chapter 3 Adapting the agency concept -- Variations within Next Steps /Francesca Gains -- chapter 4 Executive agencies and joined-up government in the UK /Oliver James -- chapter 5 Contracting and accountability -- A model of effective contracting drawn from the U.S. experience /Jocelyn M. Johnston -- chapter 6 Contractualism and performance measurement in Australia /Linda McGuire -- chapter 7 The agency concept in North America: failure, adaptation and incremental change -- Failure, adaptation, and incremental change /Andrew Graham -- part Part III Autonomization in continental Europe and Japan -- chapter 8 Quangos in Dutch government /Sandra Van Thiel -- chapter 9 Lost in translation? Shifting interpretations of the concept of agency: the Dutch case -- Shifting interpretations of the concept of agency: the Dutch /Amanda Smullen -- chapter 10 Central agencies in Sweden -- A report from Utopia /Jon Pierre -- chapter 11 Agencification in Japan -- Renaming or revolution? /Kiyoshi Yamamoto -- part Part IV Autonomization in the developing and transitional countries -- chapter 12 New public management in a developing country -- Creating executive agencies in Tanzania /Janice Caul?eld -- chapter 13 Putting new public management to good use -- Autonomous public organizations in Thailand /Bidhya Bowornwathana -- chapter 14 The design, performance and sustainability of semi-autonomous revenue authorities in Africa and Latin America /Robert R. Taliercio Jr -- chapter 15 Castles built on sand? -- Agencies in Latvia /Christopher Pollitt -- chapter 16 A radical departure? -- Executive agencies in Jamaica /Colin Talbot -- part Part V Overview -- chapter 17 Theoretical overview /Christopher Pollitt.Routledge studies in public management ;1.Administrative agenciesReorganizationCase studiesDecentralization in governmentCase studiesPublic administrationOrganizational changeElectronic books.Administrative agenciesReorganizationDecentralization in governmentPublic administration.Organizational change.352.3/67Pollitt Christopher116060Talbot Colin889177MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450743103321Unbundled government1986629UNINA