Controlling Modern Government

Author : Christopher Hood
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 184542591X

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'This book takes the comparative study of regulation to a new level. Working with contributions across three domains by a number of national experts, the authors weave a dazzling account of the rich variety of oversight mechanisms in public services and central government. the book provides not only detailed cross-national empirical analysis but also a compelling theoretical lens for the comparative analysis of regulatory systems. Superbly written, this is simply a must for every scholar and policymaker with a serious interest in the nature of regulatory and control practices.' - Michael Power, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK 'This book sets a new standard for systematic use of comparative information in studies on accountability and control. It is a welcome change from the past tendency in this field to build theoretical mountains on empirical molehills.' - Charles Polidano, Office of the Prime Minister, Malta Are public sector institutions being exposed to ever-greater oversight, audit and inspection in the name of efficiency, accountability and risk management? Controlling Modern Government explores the long-term development of controls over government across five major state traditions in developed democracies - US, Japan, variants of continental-European models, a Scandinavian case and variants of the Westminster model.

Author : Christopher Hood
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1845423593

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Controlling Modern Government by Christopher Hood Pdf

Are public sector institutions being exposed to ever-greater oversight, audit and inspection in the name of efficiency, accountability and risk management? "Controlling Modern Government" explores the long-term development of controls over government across five major state traditions in developed democracies - US, Japan, variants of continental-European models, a Scandinavian case and variants of the Westminster model. A central aspect of the study is an eight country comparison of variety in the use of controls based in oversight, competition, mutuality and contrived randomness in the selected domains of the high bureaucracy at the core of the state, the higher education sector and the prison sector. Countries covered include Australia, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, the UK and the USA. Providing a comparison of trends in the last quarter century in control over public sector activities in OECD countries, this book will be invaluable reading for academics and graduate students focussing on political science and public administration, as well as policymakers in OECD countries.

Author : Bruce L. R. Smith,Douglas C. Hague
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:474032933

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The Dilemma of Accountability in Modern Government by Bruce L. R. Smith,Douglas C. Hague Pdf

Author : Randall B. Ripley
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : United States
ISBN : UCAL:B4916671

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Public Policies and Their Politics by Randall B. Ripley Pdf

Author : Judith Gruber
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780520369436

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Controlling Bureaucracies by Judith Gruber Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1983.

Author : Bruce L. R. Smith,Douglas Chalmers Hague
Publisher : London : Macmillan
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015002726084

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The Dilemma of Accountability in Modern Government by Bruce L. R. Smith,Douglas Chalmers Hague Pdf

Author : Scott GORDON,Scott Gordon
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780674037830

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Controlling the State by Scott GORDON,Scott Gordon Pdf

This book examines the development of the theory and practice of constitutionalism, defined as a political system in which the coercive power of the state is controlled through a pluralistic distribution of political power. It explores the main venues of constitutional practice in ancient Athens, Republican Rome, Renaissance Venice, the Dutch Republic, seventeenth-century England, and eighteenth-century America. From its beginning in Polybius' interpretation of the classical concept of mixed government, the author traces the theory of constitutionalism through its late medieval appearance in the Conciliar Movement of church reform and in the Huguenot defense of minority rights. After noting its suppression with the emergence of the nation-state and the Bodinian doctrine of sovereignty, the author describes how constitutionalism was revived in the English conflict between king and Parliament in the early Stuart era, and how it has developed since then into the modern concept of constitutional democracy.

Author : Edward S. Greenberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015004920206

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Understanding Modern Government by Edward S. Greenberg Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136878992

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Designing Public Policies by Anonim Pdf

This textbook provides a concise and accessible introduction to the principles and elements of policy design in contemporary governance. Howlett seeks to examine in detail the range of substantive and procedural policy instruments that together comprise the toolbox from which governments select specific tools expected to resolve policy problems. Guiding students through the study of the instruments used by governments in carrying out their tasks, adapting to, and altering, their environments, this book: Discusses several current trends in instrument use often linked to factors such as globalization and the increasingly networked nature of modern society. Considers the principles behind the selection and use of specific types of instruments in contemporary government. Evaluates in detail the merits, demerits and rationales for the use of specific organization, regulatory, financial and information-based tools and the trends visible in their use Addresses the issues of instrument mixes and their (re)design in a discussion of the future research agenda of policy design. Providing a comprehensive overview of this essential component of modern governance and featuring helpful definitions of key concepts and further reading, this book is essential reading for all students of public policy, administration and management.

Author : Peter Self
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135156152

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Political Theories of Modern Government (Routledge Revivals) by Peter Self Pdf

This reissued work, originally published in 1985, is a uniquely broad and original survey of theories and beliefs about the growth, behaviour, performance and reform of the governments of modern Western democracies. After analysing the external pressures which have shaped modern governments, the author examines four different schools of political thought which seek to explain the behaviour and performance of governments, and which offer different remedies for the pluralism, corporatism and bureaucracy. To examine and test these general theories, the author looks closely at how governments actually work. The book is illustrated with examples drawn from various Western societies. The final chapters present the author’s own conclusion about the future role of government, the limits of market philosophy, the future of politics, and the principles and problems of institutional reform.

Author : Mark Galeotti
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0754674088

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The Politics of Security in Modern Russia by Mark Galeotti Pdf

Fully up-to-date to reflect the evolving Medvedev presidency, the 2008 Georgian war and the impact of the economic downturn, this volume is a much needed objective and balanced examination of the ways in which security has played, and continues to play, a central role in contemporary Russian politics.

Author : David M. Farrell,Niamh Hardiman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 793 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192557155

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The Oxford Handbook of Irish Politics by David M. Farrell,Niamh Hardiman Pdf

Ireland has enjoyed continuous democratic government for almost a century, an unusual experience among countries that gained their independence in the 20th century. But the way this works in practice has changed dramatically over time. Ireland's colonial past had an enduring influence over political life for much of the time since independence, enabling stable institutions of democratic accountability, while also shaping a dismal record of economic under-development and persistent emigration. More recently, membership of the EU has brought about far-reaching transformation across almost all aspects of Irish life. But if anything, the paradoxes have only intensified. Now one of the most open economies in the world, Ireland has experienced both rapid growth and one of the most severe crashes in the wake of the Great Recession. On some measures Ireland is among the most affluent countries in the world, yet this is not the lived experience for many of its citizens. Ireland is an unequivocally modern state, yet public life continues to be marked by formative ideas and values in which tradition and modernity are held in often uneasy embrace. It is a small state that has ambitions to leverage its distinctive place in the Atlantic and European worlds to carry more weight on the world stage. Ireland continues to be deeply connected to Britain through ties of culture and trade, now matters of deep concern in the context of Brexit. And the old fault-lines between North and South, between Ireland and Britain, which had been at the core of one of Europe's longest and bloodiest civil conflicts, risk being reopened by Britain's new hard-edged approach to national and European identities. These key issues are teased out in the 41 chapters of this book, making this the most comprehensive volume on Irish politics to date.

Author : Tom Christensen,Per Lægreid
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1781956227

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Autonomy and Regulation by Tom Christensen,Per Lægreid Pdf

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. The contributors also discuss the challenges of fragmentation, coordination, 'joined-up' government and other government initiatives in the aftermath of the New Public Management movement and its focus on agencification. Finally, the complexity of deregulation/re-regulation, new emergent forms of regulation, control and auditing as well as reassertion of the centre are examined. Until now, there has been little attempt to link the study on regulation and regulatory reforms with that of autonomous central agencies. In this book the two fields are brought together. Autonomy and Regulation will find its audience amongst scholars and researchers working in the areas of political science, public administration and public management, organization theory, institutional analyses and comparative administration. It will also appeal to scholars and those directly involved in public sector and regulatory reforms including politicians and managers.

Author : William F. West
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN : 1563245140

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Controlling the Bureaucracy by William F. West Pdf

West (political science, Texas AandM U.) examines the relationship between bureaucracy and political institutions and concludes that courts and their decisions have no impact on the policy priorities of bureaucracies. He notes that recent presidents have made appointments that undermine their own control of bureaucracy, and places the debate over political control of bureaucracy into its constitutional context. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Odus V. Elliott
Publisher : OUP Us
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2002-02-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780195136654

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The Tools of Government by Odus V. Elliott Pdf

The new tools of public action have come to rely heavily on third parties - private businesses, nonprofit organisations, and other levels of government - for their operation. The Tools of Government is a comprehensive guide to the operation of these tools and to the management, accountability, policy, and theoretical issues they pose.