Delegated Governance and the British State - Walking Without Order

Zusatztext The frightening evidence of quango power comes in Delegated Governance and the British State... a book that won Professor Flinders an award from the Political Studies Association... and I understand that Liam Byrne and his so-called smarter government team have been pouring over it for months. (As have the Tories apparently). Informationen zum Autor Matthew Flinders is Reader in Parliamentary Government and Governance at the University of Sheffield. He is a past recipient of the Political Studies Association's Harrison Prize (2002) and Richard Rose Prize (2004). During 2005-2006 he held both a Leverhulme Research Fellowship and a Whitehall Fellowship within the Cabinet Office. Klappentext A wide-ranging and provocative new interpretation of the increasingly important role of delegated public bodies in British political life. Vorwort Winner: W. J. M. Mackenzie Book Prize Zusammenfassung A wide-ranging and provocative new interpretation of the increasingly important role of delegated public bodies in British political life. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables and Diagrams List of Abbreviations 1: Walking Without Order PART I: FOUNDATIONS 2: Theory 3: History 4: Structure PART II: THEMES 5: Internal Control 6: External Accountability 7: Patronage and Public Appointments 8: Depoliticization 9: Above and Below PART III: DYNAMICS 10: The Politics, Principles and Politicization of Delegation Appendix A: Twentieth Century Delegated Institutions Appendix B: Delegated Public Bodies Established May 1997-May 2007 Index

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Flinders, Matthew (Reader in Parliamentary Governm Flinders, Flinders Matthew
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.08.2008
• EAN: 9780199271603
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927160-3
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Public Administration, Public administration / Public policy