Comparing Agency Autonomy, Control and Internal Management Between States

Abstract

In previous chapters we discussed the features of the ideal-type agency as elements within the NPM doctrine, and asserted that there are international pressures for similarity and convergence towards this NPM model. In our model, we expect that these doctrines are being transformed when they meet state-specific polity, administrative culture and actor constellations. This transformation may lead to different responses in different states (state-level pressures for divergence and dissimilarity).