Pursuing horizontal management : the politics of public sector coordination / B. Guy Peters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peters, B. Guy, author.

Series:

Studies in government and public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political planning--Case studies.

Political planning.

Public administration--Management--Case studies.

Public administration.

Policy sciences--Case studies.

Policy sciences.

Public administration--Management.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 197 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2015]

Summary:

"Peters provides the most comprehensive discussion available of the problem of policy coordination in the public sector. He begins by observing that governments typically react to policy problems by embracing specialization, which tends to undermine efforts to deliver better coordinated policies. Drawing upon a variety of perspectives, both theoretical and multinational, he tackles this conundrum by focusing on the concept of horizontal management. His conceptual analysis is supplemented by four case studies of public sector coordination (Homeland Security in the U.S., child protection in the U.K., policymaking in Finland, and the European Union). Finding the appropriate balance between specialization and coordination, Peters concludes, is a knotty problem yet essential to the delivery of the most effective policies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Introduction: The Coordination Problem 1

2 Barriers to Coordination 26

3 Approaches to Understanding Coordination 45

4 The Instruments of Coordination 74

5 Case Studies in Coordination 103

6 Is Coordination Always the Answer, and Can It Be? 127.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780700620937

0700620931

9780700620944

070062094X

OCLC:

895730897

Publisher Number:

40024702653

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