Major Players: Bureaucracies In American Government

Kaufman, Herbert

doi:10.1111/0033-3352.00003

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“…With the recent exception of a "knowledge utilisation" study (Boswell, 2008), general claims of the importance of expertise in policy-making have not been complemented by systematic empirical analyses (Quaglia, 2009;Radaelli, 1995). We also lack information on the ability of ERAs to capitalise on their rulemaking competences to protect their autonomy (Kaufman, 2001). ERAs are particularly well-suited to study the above-question, as they closely interact with scientific and advocacy actors within so-called regulatory networks.…”

Section: Regulation By Information: Autonomy and Expertise Of Erasmentioning

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Driven by Expertise and Insulation? The Autonomy of European Regulatory Agencies

Ossege¹

2015

PaG

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Expertise and autonomy are cornerstones to the effective operation and legitimacy of European Regulatory Agencies (ERAs). Yet, we know little about ERAs' actual autonomy, nor about factors shaping it. This article studies ERAs' actual autonomy from public and private actors, emphasising two crucial explanatory factors: expertise and rulemaking competences. The lack of insights on expertise is particularly striking, as expertise-the "raison d'être" and main resource of expert bodies-provides ERAs with a potentially powerful means to increase autonomy. Relying on a rational institutionalist framework within which ERAs enjoy substantive discretion to pursue their goals, the study empirically compares three powerful ERAs-the European Medicines Agency, the European Chemicals Agency, and the European Food Safety Authority. Based on the analysis of 39 semi-structured expert interviews, findings show that expertise is a crucial explanation for ERAs' substantive autonomy from the Commission. Towards research intensive private stakeholders, the role of expertise becomes less pronounced. Instead, ERAs are more successful in protecting their autonomy by engaging in the risk-averse interpretation of the regulatory framework and by adapting rules over time to adapt their needs: they engage in "procedural insulation". Political salience provides a scope condition for ERAs to use expert knowledge and rulemaking competences more strategically-potentially undermining scientific quality.

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Section: Regulation By Information: Autonomy and Expertise Of Erasmentioning

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Driven by Expertise and Insulation? The Autonomy of European Regulatory Agencies

Ossege¹

2015

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“…In particular, Benz and Frey underline that at the central government level the term board corresponds to cabinet: "the CEO corresponds to the head of government, the company board to the members of the cabinet, and the convening shareholders to citizens in a town council meeting." (Benz and Frey, 2007, p.94) (2002), Considine (2000), Egeberg (1999), Dierick (2003), Hood et al (2000), Hyndman and Eden (2001), Mulgan (2000), Siciliano (2002), West and Durant (2000), Smith (2003) and Kaufman (2001) 12 Cabinet Benz and Frey (2007) 1 Central government Committee Oldersma et al (1999) 1 Board Gabris et al (2001), Barnes et al (2003), Bovaird and Russell (2007), Greer and Hoggett (2000), and Lowndes and Wilson (2003) 5 Council Jacobsen (2006) (2000), Nestor (2005) and Maitlis (2004) 3…”

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Board of directors within public organisations: a literature review

Hinna

Nito

Mangia

2010

IJBGE

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Compared to the debate on corporate governance in the private sector and to the literature on the macro level of governance in the public sector, the micro-level governance of public organisations remains a neglected area of discussion. Against this backdrop, the paper presents an overview of international literature regarding boards in the public sector organisations, in order to evidence if, and in which terms, the board of directors has been a topic of research in public governance in the recent years. In conclusion, the paper provides suggestions for future research on boards in public organisations

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“…11 It has long been recognized that public administrators exert considerable influence over policy making even when they are not aggressively promoting a position (Heclo, 1977;Kaufman, 2001). They do this by highlighting certain problems and conditions over others and educating policymakers to view policy problems through particular conceptual lenses.…”

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Mission-Extrinsic Public Values as an Extension of Regime Values

Baehler

Liu

Rosenbloom

2014

Administration & Society

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The academic fields of public administration and public management are diverging. Public management focuses primarily on the orthodox values of efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and value for money. It views accountability from the perspective of obtaining results (outcomes) defined in terms of core mission objectives and the operations that are ancillary to their achievement, such as deploying financial, human, and other resources cost-effectively. Public administration is also interested in all of the above. However, it retains the field's broad interest in regime values and other public values. This analysis seeks to provide a clearer conception of missionextrinsic public values and their centrality to public administration in the United States and the People's Republic of China.

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Major Players: Bureaucracies In American Government

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Driven by Expertise and Insulation? The Autonomy of European Regulatory Agencies

Driven by Expertise and Insulation? The Autonomy of European Regulatory Agencies

Board of directors within public organisations: a literature review

Mission-Extrinsic Public Values as an Extension of Regime Values

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