Agency Fever? Analysis of an International Policy Fashion

IF 3.9 3区 管理学 Q1 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Pub Date : 2001-11-01 DOI:10.1080/13876980108412663
C. Pollitt, K. Bathgate, J. Caulfield, A. Smullen, C. Talbot
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In the last 15 years, the governments of many OECD countries have transferred a wide range of functions to new, agency-type organizations. Allowing for the fact that, for comparative purposes, it is difficult precisely to define agencies, and further acknowledging that in many countries agencies are far from being new, it nevertheless remains the case that there seems to have been a strong fashion for this particular organizational solution.This article investigates the apparent international convergence towards “agencification.” It seeks to identify the reasons for, and depth of, the trend. It asks to what extent practice has followed rhetoric. The emerging picture is a complex one. On the one hand, there seems to be a widespread belief, derived from a variety of theoretical traditions, that agencification can unleash performance improvements. On the other hand, systematic evidence for some of the hypothetical benefits is very patchy. Furthermore, the diversity of actual practice in different countries has been so great that there must sometimes be considerable doubt as to whether the basic requirements for successful performance management are being met.
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发烧的代理商吗?国际政策潮流分析
在过去的15年里,许多经合组织国家的政府已经将广泛的职能转移到新的机构型组织。考虑到为了比较的目的,很难精确地给机构下定义,并进一步承认在许多国家机构远不是新的,然而,这种特殊的组织解决办法似乎仍然是一种强烈的风尚。这篇文章探讨了明显的国际趋同的“代理”。它试图找出这一趋势的原因和深度。它问的是,实践在多大程度上遵循了修辞。新出现的情况是复杂的。一方面,似乎有一种广泛的信念,源于各种理论传统,代理可以释放绩效改进。另一方面,一些假设的好处的系统证据非常不完整。此外,不同国家的实际做法千差万别,因此有时对于是否满足了成功的业绩管理的基本要求一定会产生相当大的怀疑。
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