Governance of Public Sector Organizations

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction: Reforming Public Sector Organizations

   1. Introduction: Reforming Public Sector Organizations

      • Per Lægreid, Koen Verhoest

      Pages 1-18

3. Proliferation and Specialization

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. The Structural Anatomy of the Norwegian State: Increased Specialization or a Pendulum Shift?

      • Per Lægreid, Vidar W. Rolland, Paul G. Roness, John-Erik Ågotnes

      Pages 21-43

   3. The Agency Landscape in Hungary, 2002–2006

      • György Hajnal

      Pages 44-65

   4. Specialization and Fragmentation in Regulatory Regimes

      • Jan Rommel, Koen Verhoest, Joery Matthys

      Pages 66-85

4. Autonomy and Control

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87

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   2. Policy and Management Autonomy of Federal Agencies in Germany

      • Tobias Bach

      Pages 89-110

   3. Explaining Autonomy in Public Agencies: The Case of Hong Kong

      • Martin Painter, John P. Burns, Wai-Hang Yee

      Pages 111-132

   4. Determinants of Result-based Control in Italian Agencies

      • Dario Barbieri, Paolo Fedele, Davide Galli, Edoardo Ongaro

      Pages 133-154

5. Performance and Results

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155

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   2. The Long-run Performance of Decentralized Agencies in Québec

      • Marie-Ève Quenneville, Claude Laurin, Nicole Thibodeau

      Pages 157-176

   3. Comparing Impacts of Modes of Governance

      • Marieke van Genugten

      Pages 177-194

   4. Are Regulatory Agencies Delivering What They Promise?

      • Martino Maggetti

      Pages 195-210

   5. Performance of Public Sector Organizations: Do Managerial Tools Matter?

      • Koen Verhoest, Bram Verschuere, Falke Meyers, Andrew Sulle

      Pages 211-232

6. Post-NPM and Whole-of-Government: Increased Complexity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233

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   2. Post-NPM Responses to Disaggregation Through Coordinating Horizontally and Integrating Governance

      • John Halligan

      Pages 235-254

   3. Increased Complexity in Public Organizations — the Challenges of Combining NPM and Post-NPM

      • Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid

      Pages 255-275

   4. Organizing Public Sector Agencies: Challenges and Reflections

      • Koen Verhoest, Per Lægreid

      Pages 276-297

7. Back Matter

   Pages 298-343

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Governance of Public Sector Organizations a nalyzes recent changes in government administration by focusing on organizational forms and their effects. Contributors to this edited volume demonstrate how generations of reform result in increased complexity of government organizations, and explain this layering process with multiple theories.

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'Global reform of governmental bureaucracies during the past 20 years or so has left academics and practitioners alike with a multitude of new questions, to which many old answers are no longer relevant. This book at once comprehensive yet sharply focused in its scope is an invaluable contribution to the search for new answers. It deserves to be widely read.'

- Robert Gregory, Professor of Political Science, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

'Governance of Public Sector Organizations presents intriguing results from an international data collection effort. The volume offers a comprehensive analysis of contemporary institutional developments in central government, particularly the role of executive agencies in governance. Drawing on an international network of senior scholars, this book is theoretically rich, conceptually clear, and methodologically innovative. It is a significant contribution to our knowledge of the executive agencies.'

- Jon Pierre, Professor of Political Science, Department of Government, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

• Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Norway

  Per Lægreid

• Public Management Institute, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

  Koen Verhoest

TOBIAS BACH Research Fellow, University of Potsdam, Germany DARIO BARBIERI Assistant Professor, Bocconi University, Italy JOHN P. BURNS Professor, University of Hong Kong, China TOM CHRISTENSEN Professor, University of Oslo, Norway PAOLO FEDELE Assistant Professor, Udine University, Italy DAVIDE GALLI Consultant at Business Integration Partners, Italy MARIEKE VAN GENUGTEN Assistant Professor, University of Twente, the Netherlands GYÖRGY HAJNAL Senior Researcher/Head of Department, ECOSTAT Government Research Institute, Department of Public Administration Research, Hungary JOHN HALLIGAN Professor, University of Canberra, Australia CLAUDE LAURIN Professor, HEC Montreal, Canada MARTINO MAGGETTI Senior Researcher/Lecturer, University of Zurich and University of Lausanne, Switzerland JOERY MATTHYS Researcher, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium FALKE MEYERS Expert, Flemish Agency for Personnel and Organization, Belgium EDOARDO ONGARO Professor, Bocconi University, Italy MARTIN PAINTER Professor, City University of Hong Kong, China MARIE-ÈVE QUENNEVILLE Lecturer, HEC Montreal, Canada VIDAR WANGEN ROLLAND Adviser, Norwegian Social Science Data Services, Norway JAN ROMMEL Researcher, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium PAUL G. RONESS Professor, University of Bergen, Norway ANDREW SULLE Research Fellow, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium NICOLE THIBODEAU Assistant Professor, Willamette University, USA BRAM VERSCHUERE Assistant Professor, University CollegeGent, Belgium WAY-HANG YEE Senior Research Associate, City University of Hong Kong, China JOHN-ERIK ÅGOTNES Adviser, Directorate of Fisheries, Norway

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