Steering from the Centre: Strengthening Political Control in Western Democracies

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· University of Toronto Press
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Governments face new challenges in an era marked by globalization, shifting economic and national security policies, pervasive electronic media, and policy reform. Steering from the Centre details how chief executives in ten Western democracies have responded to governance challenges in the wake of reform ideas such as the New Public Management which stress deregulation and decentralization.

This volume analyzes the extent to which the centre of government can retain political and administrative control when delivery of public services is increasingly done through networks, contacts, partnerships, and a host of other devolved arrangements. International in scope, Steering from the Centre covers the experiences of diverse countries and examines how various centralization/decentralization strategies have played out in these differing national and institutional contexts.
Governments face new challenges in an era marked by globalization, shifting economic and national security policies, pervasive electronic media, and policy reform. Steering from the Centre details how chief executives in ten Western democracies have responded to governance challenges in the wake ...

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Carl Dahlström is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg.

B. Guy Peters is the Maurice Falk Professor of American Government in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh.

Jon Pierre is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg.

Carl Dahlström is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg. B. Guy Peters is the Maurice Falk Professor of American Government in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh. Jon Pierre is a professor in the Department o...

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