Challenges to state policy capacity : global trends and comparative perspectives
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Challenges to state policy capacity : global trends and comparative perspectives
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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.
Table of Contents
- 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.Laegreid 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
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