Autonomy and control of state agencies [Elektronisk resurs] Comparing states and agencies / Koen Verhoest [et al.].

• List of Tables and Figures Notes on the Authors Acknowledgements PART I: INTRODUCTION Central Research Questions and Argument Central Concepts Theoretical Lenses Data and Methods PART II: DESCRIBING AGENCIES AND THEIR CONTEXTS Politico-administrative Regimes in Norway, Ireland and Flanders Agencification in Norway, Ireland and Flanders: History, Reforms and Types PART III: COMPARING STATES Theories on Similarities and Dissimilarities Between States Comparing Agency Autonomy, Control and Internal Management Between States Explaining Similarities and Dissimilarities in Agency Autonomy, Control and Internal Management Between States PART IV: COMPARING AGENCIES Theories on Similarities and Dissimilarities Between Agencies Comparing Autonomy and Control of Agencies Comparing Internal Management of Agencies Explaining Agency Autonomy, Control and Internal Management: The Importance of Agency Level Characteristics and State Level Characteristics Appendix A Distribution on Dependent Variables Appendix B Comparing Agency Autonomy, Control and Internal Management. The Importance of Agency Characteristics Without and with Controlling for State-level Factors Appendix C List of State Agencies Studied Bibliography.

• 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. -- Do public organizations with similar tasks or structures differ across states with respect to their autonomy and control? If so, why? By comparing the autonomy, control and internal management of state agencies, this book shows how New Public Management doctrines actually work in three small European states with different politico-administrative regimes. Using a unique set of similar survey data on 226 state agencies in Norway, Ireland and Flanders, this study explains differences in agency autonomy, control and management by referring to international isomorphic pressures, state-specific politico-administrative regimes and characteristics of agencies. Therefore, organization theory and neo-institutional schools are used to formulate four competing theoretical perspectives and hypotheses are tested through simple and advanced statistical techniques. By comparing practices between states and between types of agencies, this study substantially enhances scientific knowledge about why public organizations are granted autonomy, why they are controlled in specific ways, and how autonomy affects internal management. 

Ämnesord

Administrative agencies  -- Management -- Flanders. (LCSH)

Administrative agencies  -- Management -- Norway. (LCSH)

Administrative agencies  -- Management -- Ireland. (LCSH)

Politics and Government.  (eflch)

Klassifikation

POL (ämneskategori)

351 (DDC)

Od (kssb/8 (machine generated))