a critical analysis of the global trend to agencies, quangos and contractualisation /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Christopher Pollitt and Colin Talbot.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xv, 349 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Routledge studies in public management ;
Volume Designation
1
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Setting the scene; The Agency idea: sometimes old, sometimes new, sometimes borrowed, sometimes untrue; What is available and what is missing in the study of quangos?; Agencies, quangos and contracts in the heartlands of the New Public Management; Adapting the agency concept: variations within 'Next Steps'; Executive agencies and joined-up government in the UK; Contracting and accountability: a model of effective contracting drawn from the U.S. experience.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This comprehensive study discusses the series of changes in governmental systems and structures. It considers the varying approaches of different countries and their governmental structures.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
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eBook Library
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EBL200366
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Title
Unbundled government.
International Standard Book Number
0415314488
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Administrative agencies-- Reorganization, Case studies.
Decentralization in government, Case studies.
Organizational change.
Public administration.
Administrative agencies-- Reorganization.
Decentralization in government.
Organizational change.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Affairs & Administration.