TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pollitt, Christopher.
TI  - Agencies: how governments do things through semi-autonomous organizations
SN  - 9781403933225
U1  - 352.2/9POL 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Administrative agencies
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-285) and index
N2  - Many countries now use agencies to deliver central government services. There have been many claims about the benefits of organizing and delivering government in this way, but there has been little research into how they work in practice. This book both reviews existing theories and models of "agentification" and adds detailed analysis of major new empirical evidence
ER  -