Governance of Public Sector Organizations: Proliferation, Autonomy and Performance

Reforming Public sector organizations; P.Lægreid & K.Verhoest PART I: PROLIFERATION AND SPECIALIZATION The Structural Autonomy of the Norwegian State: Increased Specialization or a Pendulum Shift?; P.Lægreid, V.W.Rolland, P.G.Roness, & J-E.Ågotnes The Agency Landscape in Hungary 2002-2006; G.Hajnal Specialization and Fragmentation in Regulatory Regimes; J.Rommel, K.Verhoest & J.Matthys PART II: AUTONOMY AND CONTROL Policy and Management Autonomy of Federal Agencies in Germany; T.Bach Explaining Autonomy in Public Agencies: the Case of Hong Kong; M.Painter, J.P.Burns & W-H.Yee Determinants of Result-based Control in Italian Agencies; D.Barbieri, P.Fedele, D.Gall & E.Ongaro PART III: PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS The Long-run Performance of Decentralized Agencies in Québec; M-E.Quenneville, C.Laurin & N.Thibodeau Comparing Impacts of Modes of Governance; M.Van Genuchten Are Regulatory Agencies Delivering What they Promise?; M.Maggetti Performance of Public Sector Organizations: Do Managerial Tools Matter?; K.Verhoest, B.Verschuere, F.Meyers & A.Sulle PART IV: POST-NPM AND WHOLE -OF-GOVERNMENT: INCREASED COMPLEXITY Post-PNM Responses to Disaggregation through Coordinating Horizontally and Integrating Governance; J.Halligan Increased Complexity in Public Organizations - the Challenges of Combining NPM and POST-NPM features; T.Christensen & P.Laegreid Organizing Public Sector Agencies: Challenges and Reflections; K.Verhoest & P.Laegreid