The Coordination of Public Sector Organizations

Shifting Patterns of Public Management

Geert Bouckaert, B. Guy Peters, Koen Verhoest (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

326 Seiten

2010 | 1st ed. 2010
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-31643-4 (ISBN)

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This book discusses the trajectories of creating specialized autonomous units. An analysis of the mechanisms and measures taken for granting autonomy to specialized 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.

GEERT BOUCKAERT is Professor and Director of the Public Management Institute, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. B. GUY PETERS is Maurice Falk Professor of American Government, University of Pittsburgh, USA. KOEN VERHOEST is Assistant Professor and Research Manager, Public Management Institute, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.

PART I: CONCEPTS, THEORIES AND METHODOLOGY The Main Argument: Specialization without Coordination is Centrifugal Coordination: What is it and Why Should we have it? Resources, Mechanisms and Instruments for Coordination How to Map Coordination: Issues of Methodology PART II: SPECIALIZATION AND COORDINATION IN SEVEN COUNTRIES (1980-2005) Coordination in New Zealand Coordination in the United Kingdom Coordination in Sweden Coordination in The Netherlands Coordination in France Coordination in Belgium Coordination in the United States PART III: CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISON Specialization and Coordination in Seven Countries: Findings and Discussion Appendix A. Comparative tables References End notes

Erscheinungsdatum	08.10.2016
Reihe/Serie	Public Sector Organizations
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 326 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Autonomy • Coordination • Dynamics • Management • Methodology • organization • Organizations • Public Management • Public Sector Organizations • State
ISBN-10	1-349-31643-1 / 1349316431
ISBN-13	978-1-349-31643-4 / 9781349316434
Zustand	Neuware