LEADER 05289nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910964167003321 005 20251116204419.0 010 $a1-134-37978-1 010 $a1-280-07545-7 010 $a0-203-50714-2 010 $a0-415-31448-8 010 $a1-134-37979-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203507148 035 $a(CKB)1000000000447782 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000312203 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11265915 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000312203 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10329964 035 $a(PQKB)11621864 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC200366 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL200366 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10098764 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL7545 035 $a(OCoLC)56360044 035 $a(BIP)63776081 035 $a(BIP)50813410 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000447782 100 $a20030530d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aUnbundled government $ea critical analysis of the global trend to agencies, quangos and contractualisation /$fedited by Christopher Pollitt and Colin Talbot 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2004 215 $axv, 349 p. $cill 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in public management ;$v1 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a1-138-88228-3 311 08$a0-203-34771-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tpart Part I Setting the scene -- $tchapter 1 The Agency idea -- $tSometimes old, sometimes new, sometimes borrowed, sometimes untrue /$rColin Talbot -- $tchapter 2 What is available and what is missing in the study of quangos? /$rGeert Bouckaert -- $tpart PART II Agencies, quangos and contracts in the heartlands of the New Public Management -- $tchapter 3 Adapting the agency concept -- $tVariations within Next Steps /$rFrancesca Gains -- $tchapter 4 Executive agencies and joined-up government in the UK /$rOliver James -- $tchapter 5 Contracting and accountability -- $tA model of effective contracting drawn from the U.S. experience /$rJocelyn M. Johnston -- $tchapter 6 Contractualism and performance measurement in Australia /$rLinda McGuire -- $tchapter 7 The agency concept in North America: failure, adaptation and incremental change -- $tFailure, adaptation, and incremental change /$rAndrew Graham -- $tpart Part III Autonomization in continental Europe and Japan -- $tchapter 8 Quangos in Dutch government /$rSandra Van Thiel -- $tchapter 9 Lost in translation? Shifting interpretations of the concept of agency: the Dutch case -- $tShifting interpretations of the concept of agency: the Dutch /$rAmanda Smullen -- $tchapter 10 Central agencies in Sweden -- $tA report from Utopia /$rJon Pierre -- $tchapter 11 Agencification in Japan -- $tRenaming or revolution? /$rKiyoshi Yamamoto -- $tpart Part IV Autonomization in the developing and transitional countries -- $tchapter 12 New public management in a developing country -- $tCreating executive agencies in Tanzania /$rJanice Caul?eld -- $tchapter 13 Putting new public management to good use -- $tAutonomous public organizations in Thailand /$rBidhya Bowornwathana -- $tchapter 14 The design, performance and sustainability of semi-autonomous revenue authorities in Africa and Latin America /$rRobert R. Taliercio Jr -- $tchapter 15 Castles built on sand? -- $tAgencies in Latvia /$rChristopher Pollitt -- $tchapter 16 A radical departure? -- $tExecutive agencies in Jamaica /$rColin Talbot -- $tpart Part V Overview -- $tchapter 17 Theoretical overview /$rChristopher Pollitt. 330 $aPublic sector bureaucracies have been subjected to harsh criticism. One solution which has been widely adopted over the past two decades has been to 'unbundle government' - that is to break down monolithic departments and ministries into smaller, semi-autonomous 'agencies'. These are often governed by some type of performance contract, are at 'arm's length' or further from their 'parent' ministry or department and are freed from many of the normal rules governing civil service bodies.This, the first book to survey the 'why' and the 'how' of this epidemic of 'agencification', is essential reading for advanced students and researchers of public management.  It includes case studies from every continent - from Japan to America and from Sweden to Tanzania, these 14 case studies (some covering more than one country) critically examine how such agencies have been set up and managed. 410 0$aRoutledge studies in public management ;$v1. 606 $aAdministrative agencies$xReorganization$vCase studies 606 $aDecentralization in government$vCase studies 606 $aPublic administration 606 $aOrganizational change 615 0$aAdministrative agencies$xReorganization 615 0$aDecentralization in government 615 0$aPublic administration. 615 0$aOrganizational change. 676 $a352.3/67 686 $a88.20$2bcl 701 $aPollitt$b Christopher$0116060 701 $aTalbot$b Colin$01868721 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910964167003321 996 $aUnbundled government$94476724 997 $aUNINA