Policy consultancy in comparative perspective : patterns, nuances, and implications of the contractor state / Caspar van den Berg, Michael Howlett, Andrea Migone, Michael Howard, Frida Pemer, Helen Gunter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berg, Caspar van den, 1980- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in comparative public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government consultants--Case studies.

Government consultants.

Policy scientists--Case studies.

Policy scientists.

Public administration--Decision making--Case studies.

Public administration.

Policy sciences--Case studies.

Policy sciences.

Public administration--Decision making.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 315 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"While the role of consultants in the policy process has long been a concern for scholars of public administration, public management and political science, empirical studies of policy-related consulting are scarce, with little quantitative data. The country-level case studies in this book shed light for the first time on a number of important but so far under-researched questions. The first is the actual extent of the use of government consulting in a number of countries, and what have been cross-time developments: to what extent has the use of consultants grown over time and what are the (political, fiscal-economic, society, policy-related) factors that explain greater or lesser growth in a particular country or sector? The second is the question of what role(s) consultants play in the public sector and how large is the share of these consultants in policy work (policy analysis, policy advice, implementation and evaluation)"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Berg, Caspar van den, 1980- Policy consultancy in comparative perspective

ISBN:

9781108496674

1108496679

OCLC:

1121421077