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The Quango debate
- Title
- The Quango debate / edited by F.F. Ridley and David Wilson.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press in association with the Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government, 1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | JN409 .Q38 1995 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 184 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- This book looks at the nature of quangos and asks whether their growth has gotten out of control. For the government, David Hunt defends what he calls 'worthwhile bodies', while practitioners and academics come up with often provocative alternatives.
- Series Statement
- Hansard Society series in politics and government ; 1
- Uniform Title
- Hansard Society series in politics and government ; 1.
- Subject
- Executive advisory bodies > Great Britain
- Administrative agencies > Great Britain
- Patronage, Political > Great Britain
- Administrative agencies
- Executive advisory bodies
- Patronage, Political
- Nichtstaatliche Organisation
- Quango
- Öffentlicher Sektor
- Aufsatzsammlung
- Organismes consultatifs > Grande-Bretagne
- Administration publique > Grande-Bretagne
- Clientélisme > Grande-Bretagne
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Preface / F. F. Ridley -- Quangos in the Skeletal State / David Wilson -- Worthwhile Bodies / David Hunt -- The 'Growth' of Quangos: Evidence and Explanations / Brian Hogwood -- Appointed Boards and Local Government / John Stewart -- London Docklands and Urban Development Corporations / Eric Sorensen -- Housing Action Trusts: A Possible Role Model? / John Chumrow -- The Accountability of Training and Enterprise Councils / Alistair Graham -- The Impact of Quangos and New Government Agencies on Education / Helen Johnson and Kathryn Riley -- Accountability in the National Health Service / Philip Hunt -- Quangos: Questions of Democratic Accountability / Stuart Weir -- 'Snouts in the Trough': The Politics of Quangos / Tony Stott -- Quangos and Democratic Government / Paul Hirst.
- ISBN
- 019922238X
- 9780199222384
- LCCN
- 95236386
- OCLC
- ocm34052418
- 34052418
- SCSB-1239788
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library