Policy, Performance and Management in Governance and Intergovernmental Relations
Transatlantic Perspectives
Published on 29. April 2011
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-1-84844-320-4 (ISBN)
Description
This innovative book presents a transatlantic comparison of governance and Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) policy, performance and management. By examining both analytical and empirical differences and similarities between the European Union and the United States, this comprehensive book provides a better understanding of (inter) governmental systems, settings and actors operating in the post New Public Management Era. The expert contributors consider processes of policy formulation and implementation from an intergovernmental point of view, examine issues of performance and accountability that rise in IGR settings and zoom in on the importance and implications of IGR for welfare. Taken together, these insights provide an important next step into the world of transatlantic research and comparison.
This timely book will appeal to academics and researchers involved in IGR and Multi-Level Governance from the US and Europe as well as post-graduate students in public administration and public policy.
This timely book will appeal to academics and researchers involved in IGR and Multi-Level Governance from the US and Europe as well as post-graduate students in public administration and public policy.
Reviews / Votes
'The trend towards multi-level and intergovernmental governance arrangements has created a need for a new analytic language and for new frameworks of analysis. It has changed the nature of decision-making. This timely book combines perspective from public policy, public management and public finance and provides new insights into who governs the multi-level and intergovernmental polity and how it is governed, making it an essential addition to the literature.' -- Steven Van de Walle, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the NetherlandsMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84844-320-4 (9781848443204)
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Persons
Edited by Edoardo Ongaro, Professor of Public Management, The Open University, Andrew Massey, Professor of Government, King's College London, UK, Marc Holzer, Professor Emeritus and Founding Dean, School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University; Distinguished Research Professor, Institute for Public Service, Suffolk University-Boston; Elected Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration, US and Ellen Wayenberg, University College Ghent and Ghent University, Belgium
Content
Contents:
Preface
PART I: POLICY FORMULATION PROCESSES IN IGR SETTINGS: ANALYTICAL MODELS AND PERSPECTIVES
1. Introduction. Policy Formulation Processes in IGR Settings: Analytical Models and Perspectives
Martin Laffin and Carol Weissert
2. Pathways of Policy Making: The Political Dynamics of Intergovernmental Lawmaking and Reform in the United States
Tim Conlan and Paul Posner
3. Who Will Govern US Megapolitans, and How? An Inter-governmental Analysis
John Stuart Hall
4. Bureaucratie Sans Frontieres: Legitimacy, Authority, Accountability in Geo-governance Systems
H. George Frederickson and Jack W. Meek
5. The Institutional Analysis of Central-local Relations Applied to the Case of the Netherlands and Germany
Trui Steen and Theo Toonen
6. Fiscal Decentralization: A Brief on Theory and Evidence
Pedro J. Camoes
PART II: POLICY IMPLEMENTATION ACROSS LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT: MODELS AND PERSPECTIVES OF ANALYSIS
7. Introduction. Policy Implementation Across Levels of Government: Models and Perspectives of Analysis
Marc Holzer and Ellen Wayenberg
8. Dispersed Federalism: Regional Governance for Disaster Policy
Patrick S. Roberts
9. Strategies to Join Up Resources Across Levels and Sectors of Government: A 12 Country Comparison
Lars Niklasson
10. Revisiting Pressman and Wildavsky: Implementation and the Thickness of Hierarchy
Peter L. Hupe
11. Institutional Decentralization Policies as Multi-level Governance Strategies - Evaluating the Impacts of Decentralization in Western Europe
Falk Ebinger, Stephan Grohs, Renate Reiter and Sabine Kuhlmann
12. The State of the Practice of Performance Measurement in Intergovernmental Arrangements in the United States
Marc Holzer, Etienne Charbonneau and Alexander Henderson
PART III: PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN IGR-MLG SETTINGS
13.Introduction. Performance Measurement and Accountability in IGR-MLG Settings
Marc Holzer and Ellen Wayenberg
14. Distributing Benefits and Burdens: Assessing Performance of the US Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer System
Jeremy L. Hall
15. Managing Performance Across Levels of Government: Lessons Learned or Reproducing Disconnects?
Geert Bouckaert and John Halligan
16. Performance Assessment at the 'Edge of Influence': A Case Study in Central Government Holding Local Authorities to Account for a 'Thriving Third Sector' in the UK
Tony Bovaird, Lys Coleman, Dawn Hands, Les Hems and Douglas Johnson
17. Fiscal Decentralization and Corruption in the European Union: The Italian Case of Community Frauds
Maria Laura Seguiti
PART IV: INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND WELFARE
18. Introduction. Intergovernmental Relations and Welfare
Giovanni Fattore and Norma M. Riccucci
19. Conditioning Subnational Responses to External Influences: The Role of Internal Moderators in Public Policy Adoption in the American States
Edward Alan Miller
20. From Interpersonal to Interregional Redistribution: The Case of Social Policies in Italy
Caterina Ferrario and Alberto Zanardi
21. Do Italian Regions Effectively Use DRG Funding to Steer Provider Behaviour?
Elena Cantu, Clara Carbone and Eugenio Anessi-Pessina
Index
Preface
PART I: POLICY FORMULATION PROCESSES IN IGR SETTINGS: ANALYTICAL MODELS AND PERSPECTIVES
1. Introduction. Policy Formulation Processes in IGR Settings: Analytical Models and Perspectives
Martin Laffin and Carol Weissert
2. Pathways of Policy Making: The Political Dynamics of Intergovernmental Lawmaking and Reform in the United States
Tim Conlan and Paul Posner
3. Who Will Govern US Megapolitans, and How? An Inter-governmental Analysis
John Stuart Hall
4. Bureaucratie Sans Frontieres: Legitimacy, Authority, Accountability in Geo-governance Systems
H. George Frederickson and Jack W. Meek
5. The Institutional Analysis of Central-local Relations Applied to the Case of the Netherlands and Germany
Trui Steen and Theo Toonen
6. Fiscal Decentralization: A Brief on Theory and Evidence
Pedro J. Camoes
PART II: POLICY IMPLEMENTATION ACROSS LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT: MODELS AND PERSPECTIVES OF ANALYSIS
7. Introduction. Policy Implementation Across Levels of Government: Models and Perspectives of Analysis
Marc Holzer and Ellen Wayenberg
8. Dispersed Federalism: Regional Governance for Disaster Policy
Patrick S. Roberts
9. Strategies to Join Up Resources Across Levels and Sectors of Government: A 12 Country Comparison
Lars Niklasson
10. Revisiting Pressman and Wildavsky: Implementation and the Thickness of Hierarchy
Peter L. Hupe
11. Institutional Decentralization Policies as Multi-level Governance Strategies - Evaluating the Impacts of Decentralization in Western Europe
Falk Ebinger, Stephan Grohs, Renate Reiter and Sabine Kuhlmann
12. The State of the Practice of Performance Measurement in Intergovernmental Arrangements in the United States
Marc Holzer, Etienne Charbonneau and Alexander Henderson
PART III: PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN IGR-MLG SETTINGS
13.Introduction. Performance Measurement and Accountability in IGR-MLG Settings
Marc Holzer and Ellen Wayenberg
14. Distributing Benefits and Burdens: Assessing Performance of the US Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer System
Jeremy L. Hall
15. Managing Performance Across Levels of Government: Lessons Learned or Reproducing Disconnects?
Geert Bouckaert and John Halligan
16. Performance Assessment at the 'Edge of Influence': A Case Study in Central Government Holding Local Authorities to Account for a 'Thriving Third Sector' in the UK
Tony Bovaird, Lys Coleman, Dawn Hands, Les Hems and Douglas Johnson
17. Fiscal Decentralization and Corruption in the European Union: The Italian Case of Community Frauds
Maria Laura Seguiti
PART IV: INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND WELFARE
18. Introduction. Intergovernmental Relations and Welfare
Giovanni Fattore and Norma M. Riccucci
19. Conditioning Subnational Responses to External Influences: The Role of Internal Moderators in Public Policy Adoption in the American States
Edward Alan Miller
20. From Interpersonal to Interregional Redistribution: The Case of Social Policies in Italy
Caterina Ferrario and Alberto Zanardi
21. Do Italian Regions Effectively Use DRG Funding to Steer Provider Behaviour?
Elena Cantu, Clara Carbone and Eugenio Anessi-Pessina
Index