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Public Priority Setting: Rules and Costs

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Editors:
  1. Peter B. Boorsma

    1. Faculty of Public Administration and Public Policy, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

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  2. Kees Aarts

    1. Faculty of Public Administration and Public Policy, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

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  3. Albert E. Steenge

    1. Faculty of Public Administration and Public Policy, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Peter B. Boorsma, Kees Aarts, Albert E. Steenge
    Pages 1-17

  3. Transaction Cost Economics and Public Administration

    • Oliver E. Williamson
    Pages 19-37

  4. Setting Priorities: The IMF and World Bank and Structural Adjustment Programmes

    • Niels Hermes, Ard Schilder
    Pages 39-60

  5. The Effects of Firm- and Relation-Specific Characteristics on Quality of Supplier Relationships

    • Gjalt de Jong, Bart Nooteboom, Robert W. Vossen
    Pages 61-84

  6. Marshall and the Quest for a New Paradigm

    • Piet de Vries
    Pages 85-101

  7. Technology and Lifestyle as Central Concepts for Global Scenarios

    • F. Duchin
    Pages 103-119

  8. On Background Principles for Environmental Policy: “Polluter Pays”, “User Pays” or “Victim Pays”?

    • Albert E. Steenge
    Pages 121-137

  9. Reconciling Economy with Ecology: Environmental Valuation from the Point of View of Sustainability

    • Martin O’connor
    Pages 139-161

  10. Contingent Valuation, Sustainability and a Green National Income

    • Anne van der Veen
    Pages 163-179

  11. The Effects of Policy Making on the Design of Economic Policy Instruments: Politics as Usual

    • Hans Th. A. Bressers, Dave Huitema
    Pages 181-200

  12. Setting Priorities in Dutch Legislative Policy

    • Bärbel Dorbeck-Jung
    Pages 201-216

  13. Do Local Authorities Opt for Covenants?

    • Eric Helder
    Pages 217-238

  14. Communicative Steering and Regulation: Shifting Actors, Objectives and Priorities

    • Igno Pröpper
    Pages 239-255

  15. Political-Administrative Relations and Separation of Powers

    • Rik Reussing
    Pages 257-274

  16. Effects of Issue Priorities in the News on Voting Preferences; The 1994 Election Campaign in the Netherlands

    • Jan Kleinnijenhuis, Jan A. De Ridder
    Pages 275-305

  17. The Will of Politicians and the Unwillingness of the People

    • Jacques Thomassen
    Pages 307-322

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 323-338
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About this book

At present we observe a decreasing role for the state in many areas where it used to be prominent. Amidst severe budgetary cuts, the state and its organs are confronted with ever louder calls for efficiency in public office (`value for money') and public performance. Simultaneously we see in many democratic welfare states the rise of new institutional forms and social organizations responding to new public priorities. Phenomena like privatization and de-regulation, new forms of regulation and self-regulation, and the rise of special issue groups are an expression of this.
This book seeks to provide order in some of today's issues and to offer analysis and explanation for selected topics. The book opens with contributions on the importance of concepts of present-day institutional economics interpreting modern governmental behavior and organization. Subsequent chapters deal with new developments in various fields such as environmental management and conservation, political legitimacy, or the new roles for covenants.
Audience: This volume will be of interest for scholars in the fields of public service, government studies and adjacent branches of economics, political science and law.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Public Administration and Public Policy, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Peter B. Boorsma, Kees Aarts, Albert E. Steenge

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Public Priority Setting: Rules and Costs

  • Editors: Peter B. Boorsma, Kees Aarts, Albert E. Steenge

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1487-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4823-8Published: 30 November 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7165-9Published: 20 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-1487-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 338

  • Topics: Public Economics, Administrative Law, Economic Policy, Environmental Management, Political Science

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