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BL
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988129
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b742499
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| Title & Author
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Unbundled government : : a critical analysis of the global trend to agencies, quangos and contractualisation /\ edited by Christopher Pollitt and Colin Talbot.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2004.
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| Series Statement
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Routledge studies in public management ;; 1
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1 online resource (xv, 349 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203507142
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: 0415314488
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: 1280075457
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: 9780203507148
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: 9780415314480
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: 9781280075452
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0415314488
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Setting the scene; The Agency idea: sometimes old, sometimes new, sometimes borrowed, sometimes untrue; What is available and what is missing in the study of quangos?; Agencies, quangos and contracts in the heartlands of the New Public Management; Adapting the agency concept: variations within 'Next Steps'; Executive agencies and joined-up government in the UK; Contracting and accountability: a model of effective contracting drawn from the U.S. experience.
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| Abstract
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This comprehensive study discusses the series of changes in governmental systems and structures. It considers the varying approaches of different countries and their governmental structures.
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Administrative agencies-- Reorganization, Case studies.
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Decentralization in government, Case studies.
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Organizational change.
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Public administration.
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Administrative agencies-- Reorganization.
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Decentralization in government.
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Organizational change.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Affairs Administration.
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Public administration.
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| Dewey Classification
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352.3/67
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| LC Classification
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JF1525.O73U53 2004eb
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| NLM classification
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88.20bcl
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| Added Entry
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Pollitt, Christopher.
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Talbot, Colin.
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