Quangos, Accountability and Reform
Subtitle: The Politics of Quasi-Government
Contributors: Matthew V. Flinders (Editor); Martin J. Smith (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: December 15, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780312216443
Subjects: Civil Service; Public Bureaucracy; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Government - International; Political Science / General; Political Science / Government / International; Public Affairs & Administration; Administrative agencies; Civil society; Executive advisory bodies; Great Britain; State supervision
Description: Quangos are now a permanent layer of governance in Britain. This collection challenges the stale debate which portrays quangos as inherently undemocratic. This book brings together practitioners, politicians and academics to examine both the pitfalls and potential offered by these bodies. This new perspective on the debate highlights the democratic possibilities of quangos.

The book advances and clarifies this complex debate by examining the British reform debate in an international context, and blends theoretical analysis with illuminating case-studies from quango chief executives and concrete proposals for reform.