Title Unbundled government : a critical analysis of the global trend to agencies, quangos and contractualisation / edited by Christopher Pollitt and Colin Talbot.

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London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

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Description	1 online resource (xv, 349 pages) : illustrations.
	data file
Physical Medium	polychrome
Series	Routledge studies in public management ; 1
	Routledge studies in public management ; 1.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Setting the scene; The Agency idea: sometimes old, sometimes new, sometimes borrowed, sometimes untrue; What is available and what is missing in the study of quangos?; Agencies, quangos and contracts in the heartlands of the New Public Management; Adapting the agency concept: variations within 'Next Steps'; Executive agencies and joined-up government in the UK; Contracting and accountability: a model of effective contracting drawn from the U.S. experience.
Summary	This comprehensive study discusses the series of changes in governmental systems and structures. It considers the varying approaches of different countries and their governmental structures.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Administrative agencies -- Reorganization -- Case studies.
	Administrative agencies -- Reorganization.
Genre/Form	Case studies.
Subject	Decentralization in government -- Case studies.
	Decentralization in government.
	Public administration.
	Public administration.
	Organizational change.
	Organizational change.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Case studies.
Added Author	Pollitt, Christopher.
	Talbot, Colin.
Other Form:	Print version: Unbundled government. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004 0415314488 (DLC) 2003054805 (OCoLC)52410519
ISBN	0203507142 (electronic book)
	9780203507148 (electronic book)
	9780415314480
	0415314488
	0415314488 (alkaline paper)

Title Unbundled government : a critical analysis of the global trend to agencies, quangos and contractualisation / edited by Christopher Pollitt and Colin Talbot.

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