Steering from the centre : strengthening political control in Western democracies / edited by Carl Dahlström, B. Guy Peters, and Jon Pierre.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Peters, B. Guy.

Pierre, Jon.

Dahlström, Carl.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration.

Physical Description:

vi, 279 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2011]

Summary:

Governments confront a variety of new challenges in the era of globalization, changing economic and national security policies, ever-present electronic media, and policy reform. The authors here describe in detail how 10 chief executives in Western democracies have responded to those challenges in the face of reform concepts such as the New Public Management, which focuses on deregulation and decentralization. Topics include strengthening control, reorganizations meet politicization, policy coordination and fewer policy initiatives, delegating decisions and reclaiming control. Editors are Dahlström and Pierre (political science, U. of Gothenburg, Sweden) and Peters (political science, U. of Pittsburgh). Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Part 1 Introduction

1 Steering from the Centre: Strengthening Political Control in Western Democracies / Carl Dahlström Dahlström, Carl, B. Guy peters peters, B. Guy, Jon pierre pierre, Jon 3

Part 2 Continental Europe

2 Steering from the Centre in France in the 2000s: When Reorganizations Meet Politicization / Philippe Bezes Bezes, Philippe, Patrick Le Lidec Lidec, Patrick Le 27

3 Steering from the German Centre: More Policy Coordination and Fewer Policy Initiatives / Julia Fleischer Fleischer, Julia 54

4 The Core Executive in Italy: A More Visible Skipper, but Still Little Steering / Francesco Stolfi Stolfi, Francesco 80

Part 3 Anglo-American Democracies

5 Central Steering in Australia / John Halligan Halligan, John 99

6 Governing from the Centre(s) Governance Challenges in the United States / B. Guy Peters Peters, B. Guy 123

7 Steering from the Centre: The Canadian Way / Donald J. Savoie Savoie, Donald J. 147

8 The Paradoxes of Britain's Strong Centre: Delegating Decisions and Reclaiming Control / Martin Smith Smith, Martin 166

Part 4 Scandinavia

9 Steering the Swedish State: Polticization as a Coordination Strategy / Carl Dahlström Dahlström, Carl, Jon Pierre Pierre, Jon 193

10 Steering from the Centre in Denmark / Lotte Jensen Jensen, Lotte 212

11 Towards Stronger Political Steering: Program Management Reform in the Finnish Government / Sirpa Kekkonen Kekkonen, Sirpa, Tapio Raunio Raunio, Tapio 241

Part 5 Conclusion

12 Steering Strategies in Western Democracies / Carl Dahlström Dahlström, Carl, B. Guy Peters Peters, B. Guy, Jon Pierre Pierre, Jon 263.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781442641488

1442641487

9781442610699

1442610697

OCLC:

694485930