State organisations as agencies: an identifiable and meaningful focus of research?
- 2004
- p.91-99.
- May
This article addresses the designation and study of state agencies as an important component of a modern governance. It recognises that the recent interest in agencies has not been accompanied by any agreement on what actually constitutes an agency. In response, it distinguishes several types of organisations as possible candidates for agency status and thereafter classified different applications of agencies in terms of these types. Two types are singled out for attention, with relevant lines of research being suggested. - Reproduced.