Autonomy and Regulation: Coping with Agencies in the Modern StateTom Christensen, Per Lægreid Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006 M01 1 - 394 pages This book focuses on regulatory reforms and the autonomization and agencification of public sector organizations across Europe, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. The central argument of the book is that regulation and agencification occur and perform in tandem. Comparative analysis on the processes, effects and implications of regulatory reform and the establishment of semi-independent agencies are undertaken, and the practice of trade-offs between political control and agency autonomy is explored. |
Contents
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2 Depoliticization Democracy and Arena Shifting | 53 |
3 Institutional Transformation? The Scientization of Central Banking as a Case Study | 81 |
A Canadian Case of Autonomization | 110 |
DeAutonomizing and JoiningUp in the New Zealand State Sector | 137 |
6 The Reassertion of the Centre in a First Generation NPM System | 162 |
from NPM to a Reconstituted Westminster Model | 181 |
A Comparative Analysis of Denmark Sweden and the Netherlands | 203 |
Does Agency Form Matter? | 235 |
10 Accountability and Accountability Arrangements in Public Agencies | 268 |
11 Discipline and Punish or Trust? Contrasting Bases for Performance Management in Executive Agencies | 301 |
12 The Dynamics of Regulatory Reform Hanne Foss Hansen and Lene Holm Pedersen | 328 |
Reregulation and the Reassertion of the Centre | 359 |
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