Quangos, accountability and reform : the politics of quasi-government
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Material type: BookPublisher: Great Britain : MacMillan Press LTD, 1999Description: 216 p.Subject(s): Terceiro Setor | Organização não Governamental | Organização sem Fins Lucrativos | Relações Estado e Sociedade | Prestação de Contas | Governo Local | Democracia | Controle Social | Controle Político | Democratização | Alemanha | Dinamarca | Escandinavia | Holanda | Nova ZelandiaItem type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Livro Geral | Biblioteca Graciliano Ramos | Livro Geral | 1.23Q19q (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | 10007697 |
Part I: History, perspectives and debate Setting the scene: quangos in context - Matthew V. Flinders Diversity and complexity: the quango-continuum - Matthew V. Flinders and Hugh McConnel Quangos: why do governments love them? - Matthew V. Flinders Quangos and local democrac - Gerry Stoker Part II: An international perspective Quangos in Germany - Jurgen Fiedler Quangocratization in the Netherlands - Frans L. Leeuw and Sandra van Thiel Quangos in New Zealand - Enid Wistrich Quangos in Denmark and Scandinavia: trends, problems and perspectives - Carsten Greve Part III: The insider's view The housing corporation: multiple lines of accountability - Anthony Mayer (chief executive, the housing corporation) Of ministers, mandarins and managers - Brian Landers (ex-director of finance, HM prison service) Local government and the unelected state - Andrew Purssell (London borough of barnet) Quango watch - a local authority perspective - Andrew Peet (councillor, tameside metropolitan council) A national health service in quangoland - Sir Peter Baldwin, KCB (ex - chief executive, south east thames regional health authority) The accountability of training and entreprise councils - Alistair Grahem ( ex-chief executive, leeds TEC) Balancing the scales - the growth, role and future of the regulators - Alan Booker (ex-deputy director general, OFWAT) Reforming the patronage state - Tony Wright, MP Conclusion Realizing the democratic potential of Quangos - Matthew V. Flinders and Martin J. Smith
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