The Future of Governing: Four Emerging ModelsUniversity Press of Kansas, 1996 - 179 pages "A very important book that should be read by everyone trying to make sense of the reform problem". -- Patricia W. Ingraham, coauthor of New Paradigms for Government. |
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Page 57
... decisions in a timely fashion ( Barker and Peters 1993 ) . The balance that is struck may be a function of cultural factors : the Scandinavian countries , for example , are generally willing to tolerate longer delays in order to gain ...
... decisions in a timely fashion ( Barker and Peters 1993 ) . The balance that is struck may be a function of cultural factors : the Scandinavian countries , for example , are generally willing to tolerate longer delays in order to gain ...
Page 64
... decisions and the organizations themselves would have a great deal of control over the decisions that determine their own fates . The assumption here is that decisions made in this manner will be objectively better , given the presumed ...
... decisions and the organizations themselves would have a great deal of control over the decisions that determine their own fates . The assumption here is that decisions made in this manner will be objectively better , given the presumed ...
Page 65
... decisions as a matter of right . " If lower - echelon work- ers are empowered too much , they may be able to escape the legal constraints that would prevent their acting in an " arbitrary and capricious manner . " 18 Thus ...
... decisions as a matter of right . " If lower - echelon work- ers are empowered too much , they may be able to escape the legal constraints that would prevent their acting in an " arbitrary and capricious manner . " 18 Thus ...
Contents
Market Models for Reforming Government | 21 |
The Participatory State | 47 |
Flexible Government | 72 |
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