Challenges to State Policy Capacity
Global Trends and Comparative Perspectives
1st Edition
Published on 17. December 2004
IX, 287 pages
978-0-230-52419-4 (ISBN)
Description
Globalization and New Public Management pose major challenges to the policy capacity of the state. Challenges to State Policy Capacity offers the most timely and comprehensive coverage of contemporary state policy capacity. Drawing on the work by international leading scholars in political science and public administration, the book is indispensable to anyone interested in policy capacity, administrative reform and the state.
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Persons
PETER AUCOIN Dalhousie University, Canada
HERMAN BAKVIS Dalhousie University, Canada
GEERT BOUCKAERT Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
MARLEEN BRANS Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
ANTHONY B. L. CHEUNG City University of Hong Kong
TOM CHRISTENSEN University of Oslo, Norway
KANISHKA JAYASURIYA City University of Hong Kong
CHRISTOPH KNILL University of Jena, Germany
PER LAEGRID University of Bergen, Norway
IAN MARSH Australian National University, Australia
B. GUY PETERS University of Pittsburgh, USA
CHRISTOPHER POLLITT Erasmus University, The Netherlands
DIEDERIK VANCOPPENOLLE Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
KOEN VERHOEST Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Content
Notes on the Contributors Unpacking Policy Capacity: Issues and Themes; M.Painter & J.Pierre Capacity Beyond the Boundary: New Regulatory State, Fragmentation and Relational Capacity; K.Jayasuriya Swings and Roundabouts? Multilevel Governance as a Source of and Constraint on Policy Capacity; B.G.Peters & J.Pierre The Europeanization of National Policy Capacities; C.Knill Policy Instruments and Policy Capacity; B.G.Peters Machinery of Government and Policy Capacity: The Effects of Specialization and Coordination; K.Verhoest & G.Bouckaert Ministries and Agencies: Steering, Meddling, Neglect and Dependency; C.Pollitt Autonomization and Policy Capacity - The Dilemmas and Challenges Facing Political Executives; T.Christensen & P.Lægreid Policy-making Reforms and Civil Service Systems: An Exploration of Agendas and Consequences; M.Brans & D.Vancoppenolle Public Service Reform and Policy Capacity: Recruiting and Retaining the Best and the Brightest; P.Aucoin & H.Bakvis Policy Capacity and Citizens' Attitudes: 'Developmentalism' in Nine Asian States; I.Marsh State Capacity in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan: Coping with Legitimation, Integration and Performance; A.B.L.Cheung Conclusions: Challenges to Policy Capacity; M.Painter & J.Pierre Index
