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Challenges to State Policy Capacity

Global Trends and Comparative Perspectives

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  • © 2005

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Editors:
  1. Martin Painter

    1. City University of Hong Kong, China

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  2. Jon Pierre

    1. Department of Government, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Unpacking Policy Capacity: Issues and Themes

    • Martin Painter, Jon Pierre
    Pages 1-18

  3. Capacity Beyond the Boundary: New Regulatory State, Fragmentation and Relational Capacity

    • Kanishka Jayasuriya
    Pages 19-37

  4. Swings and Roundabouts? Multilevel Governance as a Source of and Constraint on Policy Capacity

    • B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre
    Pages 38-51

  5. The Europeanization of National Policy Capacities

    • Christoph Knill
    Pages 52-72

  6. Policy Instruments and Policy Capacity

    • B. Guy Peters
    Pages 73-91

  7. Machinery of Government and Policy Capacity: The Effects of Specialization and Coordination

    • Koen Verhoest, Geert Bouckaert
    Pages 92-111

  8. Ministries and Agencies: Steering, Meddling, Neglect and Dependency

    • Christopher Pollitt
    Pages 112-136

  9. Autonomization and Policy Capacity: The Dilemmas and Challenges Facing Political Executives

    • Tom Christensen, Per Lœgreid
    Pages 137-163

  10. Policy-Making Reforms and Civil Service Systems: An Exploration of Agendas and Consequences

    • Marleen Brans, Diederik Vancoppenolle
    Pages 164-184

  11. Public Service Reform and Policy Capacity: Recruiting and Retaining the Best and the Brightest

    • Peter Aucoin, Herman Bakvis
    Pages 185-204

  12. Policy Capacity and Citizens’ Attitudes: ‘Developmentalism’ in Nine Asian States

    • Ian Marsh
    Pages 205-224

  13. State Capacity in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan: Coping with Legitimation, Integration and Performance

    • Anthony B. L. Cheung
    Pages 225-254

  14. Conclusions: Challenges to Policy Capacity

    • Martin Painter, Jon Pierre
    Pages 255-261

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 263-287
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Globalization and New Public Management pose major challenges to the policy capacity of the state. Challenges to State Policy Capacity offers the most timely and comprehensive coverage of contemporary state policy capacity. Drawing on the work by international leading scholars in political science and public administration, the book is indispensable to anyone interested in policy capacity, administrative reform and the state.

Editors and Affiliations

  • City University of Hong Kong, China

    Martin Painter

  • Department of Government, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    Jon Pierre

About the editors

PETER AUCOIN Dalhousie University, Canada HERMAN BAKVIS Dalhousie University, Canada GEERT BOUCKAERT Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium MARLEEN BRANS Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium ANTHONY B. L. CHEUNG City University of Hong Kong TOM CHRISTENSEN University of Oslo, Norway KANISHKA JAYASURIYA City University of Hong Kong CHRISTOPH KNILL University of Jena, Germany PER LAEGRID University of Bergen, Norway IAN MARSH Australian National University, Australia B. GUY PETERS University of Pittsburgh, USA CHRISTOPHER POLLITT Erasmus University, The Netherlands DIEDERIK VANCOPPENOLLE Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium KOEN VERHOEST Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

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