Governance of Public Sector Organizations

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

TOBIAS BACH Research Fellow, University of Potsdam, GermanyDARIO BARBIERI Assistant Professor, Bocconi University, ItalyJOHN P. BURNS Professor, University of Hong Kong, ChinaTOM CHRISTENSEN Professor, University of Oslo, NorwayPAOLO FEDELE Assistant Professor, Udine University, ItalyDAVIDE GALLI Consultant at Business Integration Partners, ItalyMARIEKE VAN GENUGTEN Assistant Professor, University of Twente, the NetherlandsGYÖRGY HAJNAL Senior Researcher/Head of Department, ECOSTAT Government Research Institute, Department of Public Administration Research, HungaryJOHN HALLIGAN Professor, University of Canberra, AustraliaCLAUDE LAURIN Professor, HEC Montreal, CanadaMARTINO MAGGETTI Senior Researcher/Lecturer, University of Zurich and University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandJOERY MATTHYS Researcher, Catholic University Leuven, BelgiumFALKE MEYERS Expert, Flemish Agency for Personnel and Organization, BelgiumEDOARDO ONGARO Professor, Bocconi University, ItalyMARTIN PAINTER Professor, City University of Hong Kong, ChinaMARIE-ÈVE QUENNEVILLE Lecturer, HEC Montreal, CanadaVIDAR WANGEN ROLLAND Adviser, Norwegian Social Science Data Services, NorwayJAN ROMMEL Researcher, Catholic University Leuven, BelgiumPAUL G. RONESS Professor, University of Bergen, NorwayANDREW SULLE Research Fellow, Catholic University Leuven, BelgiumNICOLE THIBODEAU Assistant Professor, Willamette University, USABRAM VERSCHUERE Assistant Professor, University College Gent, BelgiumWAY-HANG YEE Senior Research Associate, City University of Hong Kong, ChinaJOHN-ERIK ÅGOTNES Adviser, Directorate of Fisheries, Norway