Autonomy and Control of State Agencies

Verhoest, Koen; Roness, Paul; Verschuere, Bram; Rubecksen, Kristin; MacCarthaigh, Muiris

ISBN 10: 0230577652 / ISBN 13: 9780230577657

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

About this Item

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. Series: Public Sector Organizations. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPP; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512. . 2010. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Autonomy and Control of State Agencies
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230577652
• ISBN 13: 9780230577657
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

KOEN VERHOEST is Assistant Professor and Research Manager at the Public Management Institute, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.

PAUL G. RONESS is Professor at the Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Norway.

BRAM VERSCHUERE is Lecturer in Public Management at University College Ghent, Belgium.  He previously worked at the Public Management Institute (KU Leuven). 
 
KRISTIN RUBECKSEN is Research Fellow in the Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Norway.  

MUIRIS MACCARTHAIGH is Research Officer at the Institute of Public Administration, Dublin, Ireland.