Policy, Performance and Management in Governance and Intergovernmental Relations: Transatlantic Perspectives

This innovative book presents a transatlantic comparison of governance and Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) policy, performance and management.

By examining both analytical and empirical differences and similarities between the European Union and the United States, this comprehensive book provides a better understanding of (inter) governmental systems, settings and actors operating in the post New Public Management Era. The expert contributors consider processes of policy formulation and implementation from an intergovernmental point of view, examine issues of performance and accountability that rise in IGR settings and zoom in on the importance and implications of IGR for welfare. Taken together, these insights provide an important next step into the world of transatlantic research and comparison.

This timely book will appeal to academics and researchers involved in IGR and Multi-Level Governance from the US and Europe as well as post-graduate students in public administration and public policy.

Edited by Edoardo Ongaro, Professor of Public Management, The Open University, Andrew Massey, Professor of Government, King's College London, UK, Marc Holzer, Professor Emeritus and Founding Dean, School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University; Distinguished Research Professor, Institute for Public Service, Suffolk University-Boston; Elected Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration, US and Ellen Wayenberg, University College Ghent and Ghent University, Belgium