"Peters provides the most comprehensive discussion available of the problem of policy coordination in the public sector. He begins by observing that governments typically react to policy problems by embracing specialization, which tends to undermine efforts to deliver better coordinated policie...

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Main Author:	Peters, B. Guy 1944- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lawrence Univ. Press of Kansas 2015
Series:	Studies in government and public policy
Subjects:	POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration Political planning > Case studies Public administration > Management > Case studies Policy sciences > Case studies Staatstätigkeit Koordination Öffentlicher Sektor Verwaltung Fallstudiensammlung
Online Access:	Cover image Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:	"Peters provides the most comprehensive discussion available of the problem of policy coordination in the public sector. He begins by observing that governments typically react to policy problems by embracing specialization, which tends to undermine efforts to deliver better coordinated policies. Drawing upon a variety of perspectives, both theoretical and multinational, he tackles this conundrum by focusing on the concept of horizontal management. His conceptual analysis is supplemented by four case studies of public sector coordination (Homeland Security in the U.S., child protection in the U.K., policymaking in Finland, and the European Union). Finding the appropriate balance between specialization and coordination, Peters concludes, is a knotty problem yet essential to the delivery of the most effective policies"..
Physical Description:	xiii, 197 p.
ISBN:	9780700620937 9780700620944