Public Administration & Public Management : The Principal-Agent Perspective (Hardcover)

Introduction: The Public and the Private Sectors  1. The Principal-Agent Framework and the Public Sector  2. Public Principals and their Agents  3. The Economic Reasons of Government  4. Public Organisation, Incentives and Rationality in Government  5. The Essence of Public Administration: Legality and the Rule of Law  6. Public Policy Criteria: The Cambridge and Chicago Positions  7. Public Teams are Different from Private Teams