Challenges to State Policy Capacity: Global Trends and Comparative Perspectives

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Notes on the Contributors......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
1 Unpacking Policy Capacity: Issues and Themes......Page 12
2 Capacity Beyond the Boundary: New Regulatory State, Fragmentation and Relational Capacity......Page 30
3 Swings and Roundabouts? Multilevel Governance as a Source of and Constraint on Policy Capacity......Page 49
4 The Europeanization of National Policy Capacities......Page 63
5 Policy Instruments and Policy Capacity......Page 84
6 Machinery of Government and Policy Capacity: The Effects of Specialization and Coordination......Page 103
7 Ministries and Agencies: Steering, Meddling, Neglect and Dependency......Page 123
8 Autonomization and Policy Capacity: The Dilemmas and Challenges Facing Political Executives......Page 148
9 Policy-Making Reforms and Civil Service Systems: An Exploration of Agendas and Consequences......Page 175
10 Public Service Reform and Policy Capacity: Recruiting and Retaining the Best and the Brightest......Page 196
11 Policy Capacity and Citizens\' Attitudes: \'Developmentalism\' in Nine Asian States......Page 216
12 State Capacity in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan: Coping with Legitimation, Integration and Performance......Page 236
13 Conclusions: Challenges to Policy Capacity......Page 266
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