Public priority setting : rules and costs /
Saved in:
| Imprint: | Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, c1997. |
|---|---|
| Description: | xii, 338 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3851575 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Authors
- 1. Introduction
- References
- Acknowledgements
- 2. Transaction Cost Economics and Public Administration
- 2.1. Background
- 2.1.1. The New Institutional Economics
- 2.1.2. Transaction Cost Economics
- 2.2. The Rational Spirit
- 2.2.1. Hard-headed Behavioral Assumptions
- 2.2.2. Farsighted Contractual
- 2.2.3. Microanalytics
- 2.3. From Property/Legal Centralism to Contract/Private Ordening
- 2.3.1. Property/Contract
- 2.3.2. Legal Centralism/Private Ordening
- 2.4. From Ideal to Actual
- 2.5. From Insurance Hazards to Contractual Hazards
- 2.6. Applications to Public Administration
- 2.6.1. Rational Spirit
- 2.6.2. Comparative Contracting
- 2.6.3. Remediableness
- 2.6.4. Hazards
- 2.7. Concluding Remarks
- References
- 3. Setting Priorities: The IMF and World Bank and Structural Adjustment Programmes
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Backgrounds, Contents and Outcomes of SAPs
- 3.3. Agency Theory and SAPs
- 3.4. The Political Economy of Policy Change
- 3.4.1. A Simple Political Economy Model
- 3.4.2. Costs and Benefits of SAPs
- 3.5. Evaluation of Why SAPs Failed
- 3.6. How Can the BWIs React to the Implementation Problems of SAPs?
- References
- 4. The Effects of Firm- and Relations-specific Characteristics on Quality of Supplier Relationships
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Theoretical Perspectives
- 4.3. Hypotheses
- 4.3.1. Firm-specific Characteristics
- 4.3.2. Relation-specific Characteristics
- 4.4. Data and Results
- 4.4.1. Data
- 4.4.2. Results: Factor Analyses
- 4.4.3. Regression Results for the US Automobile Industry
- 4.5. Discussion
- References
- Appendix A. Data and Measurements
- 5. Marshall and the Quest for a New Paradigm
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Varying the Data
- 5.3. Economics as a Unified Theory
- 5.4. The New Paradigm Quest
- 5.5. Restricting the Problem
- 5.6. Some Conclusions
- References
- 6. Technology and Lifestyle as Central Concepts for Global Scenarios
- 6.1. Development and Environment
- 6.2. Lifestyle and Technology as Organizing Concepts
- 6.3. Models of Growth and Contraction
- 6.4. Technology, Natural Resource Accounting, and Material Balances
- 6.5. Lifestyle, Social Accounting Matrices, and a New Household Classification
- 6.6. Scenarios about Technology and Lifestyle
- References
- 7. On Background Principles for Environmental Policy: "Polluter Pays", "User Pays" or "Victim Pays"?
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Pollution, Polluters and Economic Indecomposability
- 7.3. Direct Pollution
- 7.4. An Array of Background Principles
- 7.5. Interconnections
- 7.6. Background Principles Revisited
- 7.7. Conclusion and Outlook
- References
- 8. Reconciling Economy with Ecology: Environmental Valuation from the Point of View of Sustainability
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Economy, Environment, and Valuation Practices
- 8.3. Valuation Framed in Terms of (Strong) Sustainability
- 8.4. Biophysical Sustenance and Cultural Vitality: the Case of Forest Pockets
- 8.5. Valuing Water Recources for Sustainability: Critical Natural Capital
- 8.6. Concluding Remarks
- 8.7. Acknowledgements
- References
- 9. Contingent Valuation, Sustainability and a Green National Income
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Welfare and Greened National Income
- 9.3. Contingent Valuation: a Monetary Estimator of Natural Capital?
- 9.4. Validity and Reliability
- 9.4.1. Reliability
- 9.4.2. Validity
- 9.4.3. CV Analysis and Validity and Reliability
- 9.5. Contingent Valuation, Sustainability and Green National Income
- 9.6. Outlook
- References
- 10. The Effects of Policy Making on the Design of Economic Policy Instruments: Politics as Usual
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Policy Making: Politics, as Usual
- 10.3. The Design of Economic Instruments in Practice
- 10.4. Theory Development about the Choice of Economic Policy Instrumtents
- 10.5. Conclusion
- References
- 11. Setting Priorities in Dutch Legislative Policy
- 11.1. Introduction
- 11.2. The Concept of Regulation
- 11.2.1. Regulation and Governance
- 11.2.2. Discussion and Definitions
- 11.3. Regulation, Law and Legislation
- 11.3.1. Deficiencies of the Hierarchic Instrumental Approach
- 11.3.2. Responsive Law and Legislation
- 11.4. Legitimacy of Governmental Action
- 11.4.1. Legitimacy as a Concept
- 11.4.2. Basic Values, Principles and Standards
- 11.4.3. Legitimacy and Legislative Priorities
- 11.5. The Legitimacy of Dutch Higher Education Quality Evaluation Regulations
- 11.5.1. Regulation Strategies
- 11.5.2. Formal and Informal Rules Regarding Quality Evaluation
- 11.5.3. Aspects of Legitimacy
- 11.5.4. Advantages and Shortcomings
- 11.6. Conclusions
- References
- 12. Do Local Authorities Opt for Covenants?
- 12.1. Introduction: Covenants between Government Regulation and Self Regulation
- 12.1.1. Covenants: Unknown but not Unloved
- 12.1.2. A Contribution to Self Regulation
- 12.1.3. Covenants: for Local Authorities too?
- 12.1.4. Further Treatment
- 12.2. Recommended: the Covenant
- 12.2.1. Definition of Terms
- 12.2.2. Agreement
- 12.2.3. "Whatever they are called"
- 12.2.4. Powers under Public Law
- 12.2.5. Realisation of Government Policy
- 12.2.6. In Writing
- 12.3. Recommendations on Covenants: Something for Local Authorities?
- 12.3.1. Are Local Authorities Bound?
- 12.3.2. When do Local Authorities Choose the Covenant?
- 12.3.3. Recommendations on Content
- 12.3.4. Procedural Directions
- 12.4. An Illustration: Agreements on Gaming Machines
- 12.4.1. Gaming Machine Covenants as an Example
- 12.4.2. The Application of Gaming Machine Covenants
- 12.4.3. Why no Administrative Rules?
- 12.5. Conclusion: on Added Value
- References
- 13. Communicative Steering and Regulation: Shifting Actors, Objectives and Priorities
- 13.1. Introduction
- 13.2. Theoretical Possibilities and Limitations of Communicative Steering
- 13.2.1. Possibilities
- 13.2.2. Limitations and Risks
- 13.3. The Video Covenant: Protection of Young People against Harmful Videos
- 13.3.1. Regulation or Self-regulation?
- 13.3.2. The Covenants
- 13.3.3. Asessment of the Possibilities and Limitations of Communicative Steering
- 13.4. Conclusion
- References
- 14. Political-Administrative Relations and Separation of Powers
- 14.1. Introduction: Scale and Legitimacy of Local Government
- 14.2. Problems of the Local Constitutional System
- 14.2.1. Internal Problems of the Local Constitutional System
- 14.2.2. External Problems of the Local Constitutional System
- 14.2.3. General Problems of the Local Constitutional System
- 14.3. Possible Solutions to the Observed Problems
- 14.3.1. Develoments in the Present Constitutional System
- 14.3.2. Less Radical Changes of the Local Constitutional System
- 14.3.3. More Radical Changes of the Local Constitutional System
- 14.4. Conclusion: a 'fourth Power' in Government Setting Priorities
- References
- 15. Effects of Issue Priorities in the News on Voting Preferences; the 1994 Election Campaign in the Netherlands
- 15.1. Introduction
- 15.2. The Political Context of the 1994 Elections in the Netherlands
- 15.3. Issue News and its Expected Effects on Voting Preferences
- 15.4. Data, Operationalization and Method
- 15.5. Results
- 15.6. Discussion
- References
- 16. The Will of Politicians and the Unwillingness of the People
- 16.1. Introduction
- 16.2. Differences of Opinion between Electors and the Elected
- 16.3. Evaluation of Differences
- 16.4. Political Parties and Political Representation
- 16.5. The Explanation for Differences of Opinion between Electors and the Elected
- 16.6. The Function of Elections in the Netherlands
- 16.7. Referendum and Participation
- References
- Index