000			01482pab a2200181 454500
008			180718b2012 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
100			_aVerschuere, Bram
245			_aExecutive agencies, ministers and departments: Can policy and management ever be separated?
260			_c2012
300			_ap.183-206.
362			_aMar
520			_aThe creation of executive agencies outside core departments has been a major element of administrative reforms throughout Europe during the past two decades, driven by a managerial logic, which also has been at the core of most academic works on ﾓagencification.ﾔ In this article, the authors take a different perspective by focusing on executive agenciesﾒ influence in the policy process. The authors analyze the policy influence of a large executive agency with service delivery tasks in the context of a parliamentary system of government (Flanders, Belgium). A comparison of the agencyﾒs influence in two major policy processes shows that a complex interplay of policy content, patterns of interaction, and mutual trust with the political leadership and organizational characteristics helps in explaining the observed patterns of influence. The findings also raise normative concerns regarding potential problems of disconnecting operations from policy formulation via agencification. - Rep
650			_aPolitical power
700			_aBach, Tobias
773			_aAdministration and Society
908			_aN
909			_a102766
999			_c102764 _d102764