Book contents
- Policy Consultancy in Comparative Perspective
- Cambridge Studies in Comparative Public Policy
- Policy Consultancy in Comparative Perspective
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Author Biographies
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Policy Consultancy in Comparative Perspective
- 2 Consultancy in the UK Government: Modernizing Privatism
- 3 Policy Consulting in the USA: Significant but in Decline?
- 4 Entrenched and Escalating: Policy-Relevant Consulting and Contracting in Australia, 1987–2017
- 5 From Corporatist to Contractor State? Policy Consulting in the Netherlands
- 6 Policy Consultants for Substance and Process: A Review of the Supply and Demand for Canadian Policy Consulting
- 7 Swedish Government Agencies’ Hiring of Policy Consultants: A Phenomenon of Increased Magnitude and Importance?
- 8 Conclusion: Policy Consulting in Comparative Perspective
- Book part
- References
- Index
1 - Policy Consultancy in Comparative Perspective
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 December 2019
- Policy Consultancy in Comparative Perspective
- Cambridge Studies in Comparative Public Policy
- Policy Consultancy in Comparative Perspective
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Author Biographies
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Policy Consultancy in Comparative Perspective
- 2 Consultancy in the UK Government: Modernizing Privatism
- 3 Policy Consulting in the USA: Significant but in Decline?
- 4 Entrenched and Escalating: Policy-Relevant Consulting and Contracting in Australia, 1987–2017
- 5 From Corporatist to Contractor State? Policy Consulting in the Netherlands
- 6 Policy Consultants for Substance and Process: A Review of the Supply and Demand for Canadian Policy Consulting
- 7 Swedish Government Agencies’ Hiring of Policy Consultants: A Phenomenon of Increased Magnitude and Importance?
- 8 Conclusion: Policy Consulting in Comparative Perspective
- Book part
- References
- Index
Summary
While the role of consultants in the policy process has long been a concern for scholars of public administration, public management and political science, empirical studies of policy-related consulting are scarce, with little quantitative data. The country-level case studies in this book shed light for the first time on a number of important but as yet under-researched questions. The first is the actual extent of the use of government consulting in a number of countries, and what have been cross-time developments: to what extent has the use of consultants grown over time, and what are the (political, fiscal-economic, society, policy-related) factors that explain greater or lesser growth in a particular country or sector? The second is the question of what role(s) consultants play in the public sector and how large is the share of these consultants in policy work (policy analysis, policy advice, implementation and evaluation).
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- Policy Consultancy in Comparative PerspectivePatterns, Nuances and Implications of the Contractor State, pp. 1 - 19Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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