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Erkkilä, T. (2020)
This book explores the ombudsman as a global institution. It has spread all over the world and its institutional development is increasingly being governed transnationally. …
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Mouritzen, P. E., Opstrup, N. (2020)
"Mouritzen and Opstrup's book is a most welcome addition to the subject of the management of academic performance. It is certainly well-worth reading and considering." —Bruno S. …
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Christensen, T. (Ed), Gornitzka, Å. (Ed), Ramirez, F. O. (Ed) (2019)
This book discusses how modern universities increasingly use reputation management in relation to internal and external challenges. Universities are increasingly characterized by …
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Tan, E. (2019)
It is widely assumed that the relationship between governance capacity and decentralization determines the success in governance, but how does this relationship function is …
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Dan, S. (2017)
This book engages theoretically and empirically with the unprecedented wave of public management reforms in public hospitals in Europe in the past 25 years. It provides a useful …
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Bauer, M. W. (Ed), Knill, C. (Ed), Eckhard, S. (Ed) (2017)
This book applies established analytical concepts such as influence, authority, administrative styles, autonomy, budgeting and multilevel administration to the study of …
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Greve, C. (Ed), Lægreid, P. (Ed), Rykkja, L. H. (Ed) (2016)
This book is based on a unique data set and assesses in comparative terms the public management reforms in the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and …
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Lægreid, P. (Ed), Sarapuu, K. (Ed), Rykkja, L. (Ed), Randma-Liiv, T. (Ed) (2014)
This collection focuses on public sector coordination, key aspect of governments' have sought to tackle contemporary policy challenges. By guiding the reader through 20 case …
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Neuhold, C. (Ed), Vanhoonacker, S. (Ed), Verhey, L. (Ed) (2013)
This comparative study focuses on the changing relations between civil servants and politicians in the European Union in the last two decades. As well as national case studies …
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Verhoest, K. (Ed), Thiel, S. V. (Ed), Bouckaert, G. (Ed), Lægreid, P. (Ed), Van Thiel, S. (Ed) (2012)
This book describes and compares how semi-autonomous agencies are created and governed by 30 governments. It leads practitioners and researchers through the crowded world of …
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Erkkilä, T. (2012)
Transparency has become a global concept of responsible government. This book argues that the transnational discourse of transparency promotes potentially contradictory policy …
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Pal, L. (2012)
The first detailedanalysis of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) influence on global public sector reform. Based on extensive interviews and …
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Naurin, E. (2011)
An exploration of whether politicians are perceived to keep their election promises. While scholars claim that parties act on most of their election promises, citizens hold the …
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Ballinas Valdés, C. (2011)
Argues that autonomous agencies are not the result of a systematic design, but are produced by the interactions of political and bureaucratic forces. The case studies illustrate …
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Smullen, A. (2010)
Through comparative analysis this book examines and explains the official rhetoric of agency reform across consensus and adversarial political cultures. It traces the trajectory …
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Bouckaert, G., Peters, B. G., Verhoest, K. (2010)
This book discusses the trajectories of creating specialized autonomous units. An analysis of the mechanisms and measures taken for granting autonomy to specialized autonomous …
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Verhoest, K., Roness, P., Verschuere, B., Rubecksen, K., MacCarthaigh, M. (2010)
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 …
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