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The coordination of public sector organizations : shifting patterns of public management / Geert Bouckaert, B. Guy Peters and Koen Verhoest.

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The coordination of public sector organizations : shifting patterns of public management / Geert Bouckaert, B. Guy Peters and Koen Verhoest.
Author
Bouckaert, Geert
Publication
Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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Additional Authors
  • Peters, B. Guy
  • Verhoest, Koen.
Description
xiii, 326 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
"This book discusses the trajectories of creating specialized autonomous units. An analysis of the mechanisms and measures taken for granting autonomy to specialised autonomous units and subsequently to coordinating them back is described. The book shows a range of patterns in the dynamics of specialization and coordination over 25 years"--Provided by publisher.
Series Statement
Public sector organizations
Subject
  • Government business enterprises > Case studies
  • Comparative politics
  • Government business enterprises
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE > Executive Branch
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration
  • Politics and Government
  • Public administration
Genre/Form
Case studies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Pt. 1 Concepts, Theories and Methodology -- 1. Main Argument -- Specialization without Coordination is Centrifugal -- 2. Coordination: What Is It and Why Should We Have It? -- 3. Resources, Mechanisms and Instruments for Coordination -- 4. How To Map Coordination: Issues of Methodology -- Pt. 2 Specialization and Coordination in Seven Countries (1980-2005) -- 5. Coordination in New Zealand -- 6. Coordination in the United Kingdom -- 7. Coordination in Sweden -- 8. Coordination in the Netherlands -- 9. Coordination in France -- 10. Coordination in Belgium -- 11. Coordination in the United States -- Pt. 3 Cross-Country Comparison -- 12. Specialization and Coordination in Seven Countries: Findings and Discussion -- Appendix. Comparative Tables.
ISBN
  • 9780230240155 (hardback)
  • 0230240151 (hardback)
LCCN
^^2009046779
OCLC
  • 428030626
  • SCSB-10909652
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library