Public administration and public management : the principal-agent perspective
- xii, 292 pages : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and index.
Introduction : the public and the private sectors The principal-agent framework and the public sector Public principals and their agents The economic reasons of government Public organization, incentives and rationality in government The essence of public administration : legality and the rule of law Public policy criteria : the Cambridge and Chicago positions Public teams are different from private teams