世新大學圖書館

Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-329) and index.

Introduction: Reforming public sector organizations -- Per Lægreid and Koen Verhoest -- The structural anatomy of the Norwegian state: increased specialization or a pendulum shift? / Per Lægreid ... [et al.] -- The agency landscape in Hungary, 2002-2006 / György Hajnal -- Specialization and fragmentation in regulatory regimes / Jan Rommel, Koen Verhoest and Joery Matthys -- Policy and management autonomy of federal agencies in Germany / Tobias Bach -- Explaining autonomy in public agencies: the case of Hong Kong / Martin Painter, John P. Burns and Wai-Hang Yee -- Determinants of result-based control in Italian agencies / Dario Barbieri ... [et al.] -- The long-run performance of decentralized agencies in Québec / Marie-Ève Quenneville, Claude Laurin and Nicole Thibodeau -- Comparing impacts of modes of governance / Marieke van Genugten -- Are regulatory agencies delivering what they promise? / Martino Maggetti -- Performance of public sector organizations: do managerial tools matter? / Koen Verhoest ... [et al.] -- Post-NPM responses to disaggregation through coordinating horizontally and integrating governance / John Halligan -- Increased complexity in public organizations - the challenges of combining NPM and post-NPM / Tom Christensen and Per Lægreid -- Organizing public sector agencies: challenges and reflections / Koen Verhoest and Per Lægreid.