Research Catalog

Title

Political institutions and public policy : perspectives on European decision making / edited by Bernard Steunenberg and Frans van Vught.

Publication

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©1997.

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Additional Authors

• Steunenberg, Bernard.
• Vught, Frans van.

Description

xv, 234 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

The discipline of public administration and public policy currently show a renaissance of research in which explicit attention is paid to political institutions. This text offers both a theoretical overview and a set of applications using this approach.

Subject

• European Union
• Union Européenne
• Political planning > Europe, Western
• Public institutions > Europe, Western > Decision making
• Political planning
• Public institutions > Decision making
• Politieke besluitvorming
• Politieke instellingen
• Europese Unie
• Politique publique > Europe de l'Ouest
• Administration publique > Europe de l'Ouest > Prise de décision
• Western Europe

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Approaches to the analysis of institutions / Hans Keman -- Institutions : the economic perspective / Bruno S. Frey -- Sociological perspectives on institutions and neo-institutionalism / Willem Trommel and Romke van der Veen -- Normative and real institutions / Dick W.P. Ruiter -- Is federalism superior? / Jan-Erik Lane and Svante Ersson -- The effects of alternative governance structures / Frans van Vught -- Independent agencies and the delegation problem / Giandomenico Majone -- European challenges to the nation state / Jihan P. Olsen -- Subsidiarity, responsive government and individual liberty / Viktor Vanberg -- Codecision and reform / Bernard Steunenberg.

ISBN

• 0792344715
• 9780792344711

LCCN

97001389

OCLC

• ocm36252797
• 36252797
• SCSB-737915

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library