Policy Consultancy in Comparative Perspective : Patterns, Nuances and Implications of the Contractor State Paperback / softback
by Caspar (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands) van den Berg, Michael (Simon Fraser University, British Columbia) Howlett, Andrea Migone, Michael (University of Newcastle, New South Wales) Howard, Frida (Stockholm School of Economics) Pemer, Helen M. (University of Manchester) Gunter
Part of the Cambridge Studies in Comparative Public Policy series
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Many Western countries have seen an increase in the volume and importance of external consultants in the public policy process.
This book is the first to investigate this phenomenon in a comparative and interdisciplinary way.
The analysis shows who these consultants are, how widely and for what reasons they are used in Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia, The Netherlands and Sweden.
In doing so, the book addresses the positive and negative implications of high levels of external policy consultancy, including its implications for the nature of the state (transforming into a contractor state?) and for democratically legitimized and accountable decision-making (transforming into consultocracy?).
It provides valuable new insights for students and practitioners in the fields of public administration, public policy, public management, political science and human resource management.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:333 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 61 Tables, black and white; 19 Halftones, black and white;
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:13/04/2023
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- ISBN:9781009376242
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:333 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 61 Tables, black and white; 19 Halftones, black and white;
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:13/04/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781009376242