Governance of Public Sector Organizations

1. Introduction: Reforming Public Sector Organizations

1. Introduction: Reforming Public Sector Organizations
Per Lægreid, Koen Verhoest

Part I. Proliferation and Specialization

2. The Structural Anatomy of the Norwegian State: Increased Specialization or a Pendulum Shift?
Per Lægreid, Vidar W. Rolland, Paul G. Roness, John-Erik Ågotnes

3. The Agency Landscape in Hungary, 2002–2006
György Hajnal

4. Specialization and Fragmentation in Regulatory Regimes
Jan Rommel, Koen Verhoest, Joery Matthys

Part II. Autonomy and Control

5. Policy and Management Autonomy of Federal Agencies in Germany
Tobias Bach

6. Explaining Autonomy in Public Agencies: The Case of Hong Kong
Martin Painter, John P. Burns, Wai-Hang Yee

7. Determinants of Result-based Control in Italian Agencies
Dario Barbieri, Paolo Fedele, Davide Galli, Edoardo Ongaro

Part III. Performance and Results

8. The Long-run Performance of Decentralized Agencies in Québec
Marie-Ève Quenneville, Claude Laurin, Nicole Thibodeau

9. Comparing Impacts of Modes of Governance
Marieke Genugten

10. Are Regulatory Agencies Delivering What They Promise?
Martino Maggetti

11. Performance of Public Sector Organizations: Do Managerial Tools Matter?
Koen Verhoest, Bram Verschuere, Falke Meyers, Andrew Sulle

Part IV. Post-NPM and Whole-of-Government: Increased Complexity

12. Post-NPM Responses to Disaggregation Through Coordinating Horizontally and Integrating Governance
John Halligan

13. Increased Complexity in Public Organizations — the Challenges of Combining NPM and Post-NPM
Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid

14. Organizing Public Sector Agencies: Challenges and Reflections
Koen Verhoest, Per Lægreid

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Public Policy, Comparative Politics, Political Science, Public Administration, US Politics