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001			ocn895730897
003			OCoLC
007			ta
008			210514s2015 ksu b s001 0 eng
010			_a 2014040570
020			_a9780700620944 (paperback)
020			_a070062094X (paperback)
020			_a9780700620937 (hardback)
020			_a0700620931 (hardback)
035			_a(OCoLC)895730897
050			_aJF1525.P6 _bP48 2015
100	1		_aPeters, B. Guy.
245	1	0	_aPursuing horizontal management : _bthe politics of public sector coordination / _cB. Guy Peters.
260			_aLawrence, Kansas : _bUniversity Press of Kansas, _cc2015.
300			_axiii, 197 p.
490	1		_aStudies in government and public policy
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: the coordination problem -- Barriers to coordination -- Approaches to understanding coordination -- The instruments of coordination -- Case studies in coordination -- Is coordination always the answer, and can it be?
520			_a"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"--
650		4	_aPolitical planning _xCase studies.
650		4	_aPublic administration _xManagement _xCase studies.
650		4	_aPolicy sciences _xCase studies.
830		0	_aStudies in government and public policy
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