This article first provides a selective overview of the literature on bureaucratic autonomy and
identifies different approaches to this topic. The second section discusses three major sets of …

This book describes and compares how semi-autonomous agencies are created and
governed by 30 governments. It leads practitioners and researchers through the crowded …

This chapter analyses the relationship between bureaucratic structure and actual decision
behaviour within government. Thus, the chapter does not deal with the role of the executive …

Agencification, referring to the creation of semi-autonomous public organizations at arm's
length from government, has been a major trend. After highlighting the features of public …

Although Germany does not figure among the 'forerunners' of managerial reforms of the
public sector, it has a long tradition of agencies and non-departmental bodies at the federal …

Governance normally takes place within an organizational setting. It follows that, in order to
understand and explain governance, organizational variables have to be taken into …

This article examines the influence of E uropeanization on the relationship between
ministries and agencies at the national level. The core argument is that the differentiated …

There is an extensive literature on the proliferation of agencies and the delegation of
authority to such bodies across different countries. Much of this research asks whether New …

This article discusses the effects of European regulatory networks on the bureaucratic
autonomy of national regulators as regards regulatory rule-enforcement and rulemaking …

The task of agencies is often considered to be an important determinant of agency design,
autonomy, governance and control. The evidence for these expectations has, however …