Overview
- Narrates the histories of a dozen high-profile pubic organisations from across the world
- Analyzes how over time these organisations have become highly values 'institutions'
- Suggests leadership lessons for institution builders
- Offers an array of teachable case studies about successful organisations fit for classroom use
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Keywords
- Public Organizations
- Public Value
- Open Access
- Leadership
- Institutional Reform
- International Organizations
- Institutional Adaptation
- Institution-building
- Election Commission of India
- Corrupt Practices Investigations Bureau (CPIB)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
- The Riksbank
- The European Court of Justice (ECJ)
- The Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra
- WADA
- The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
- Rijkswaterstaat
- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
Table of contents (13 chapters)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Arjen Boin is Professor of Public Institutions and Governance at the Department of Political Science, Leiden University, Netherlands. Arjen has studied all sorts of public institutions, how they are formed, how they function, how they are preserved and how they grow old.
Paul ‘t Hart is Professor of Public Administration at the Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University, Netherlands. Paul currently leads the ERC Advanced Grant program Successful Public Governance which examines the dynamics and lessons of successful public policies, organizations and collaborations.
Lauren A. Fahy is a PhD Fellow at the Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University, Netherlands. She studies successful public organizations as part of the Successful Public Governance program.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Guardians of Public Value
Book Subtitle: How Public Organisations Become and Remain Institutions
Editors: Arjen Boin, Lauren A. Fahy, Paul ‘t Hart
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51701-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-51700-7Published: 13 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-51703-8Published: 13 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-51701-4Published: 12 November 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 353
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Policy, Public Administration, Administration, Organization and Leadership