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 76
... existing policies and programs are valuable , but none should be allowed to persist without effective testing and evaluation . Some poli- ticians and scholars believe that making government organizations less perma- nent has virtues as ...
... existing policies and programs are valuable , but none should be allowed to persist without effective testing and evaluation . Some poli- ticians and scholars believe that making government organizations less perma- nent has virtues as ...
Page 80
... existing agencies and ministries . France , for example , has coordination devices existing at three levels within its administrative apparatus ( Fournier 1987 ) , and central agencies elsewhere , such as the Office of the Prime ...
... existing agencies and ministries . France , for example , has coordination devices existing at three levels within its administrative apparatus ( Fournier 1987 ) , and central agencies elsewhere , such as the Office of the Prime ...
Page 84
... existing policies . The old bureaucratic structures had both the advantage and disadvantage of stable personnel and stable policies . On the one hand , the per- manent personnel provided a great deal of direction to policy and provided ...
... existing policies . The old bureaucratic structures had both the advantage and disadvantage of stable personnel and stable policies . On the one hand , the per- manent personnel provided a great deal of direction to policy and provided ...
Contents
Market Models for Reforming Government | 21 |
The Participatory State | 47 |
Flexible Government | 72 |
Copyright | |
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