Moynihan, Donald P. (2005):
Homeland Security and the U.S. Public Management Policy Agenda.
Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions 18(2): 171-196.
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Type of publication:
Tidsskriftsartikkel
Link to publication:
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1468-0491.2005.00272.x
Number of pages:
26
ISSN:
0952-1895
Language of publication:
Engelsk
Country of publication:
USA/UK
NSD-reference:
2271
This page was last updated:
5/7 2007
Publikasjonens datagrunnlag:
- Kvalitativ
- Dokumentstudie
- Case studie
Land som er gjenstand for studien:
- USA
Verkemiddel i den konstituerande styringa:
- 1.1 Organisering generelt
- 1.5 Lov- og regelverk
Verkemiddel i den operative styringa av ststlege verksemder:
- 2.1 Formell styringsdialog
- 2.2 Kontraktslignande avtaler
Studieoppdrag:
- Forskning
Studietype:
- Effektstudie/implikasjoner/resultater
Type effekt:
- Strukturelle og styringsmessige effektar
Sektor (cofog):
- Militært forsvar K
- Sivilforsvar K
- Politi K
- Offentlig orden og trygging elles K
- Staten generelt
Summary:
The U.S. has been described as an “uninteresting laggard” in comparative
public management policy. The passage of the Homeland Security Act in
2002 demands a reevaluation of this label. The Act created the Department
of Homeland Security, but also marked a dramatic shift toward greater
public personnel flexibility, both for the new Department and the entire
federal government. It is tempting to suggest that the Act is an effort to
“catch up” with the New Public Management benchmark countries.
However, such an argument is overly simplistic and misleading. This
article argues that the Act represents a triumph of a preexisting
management agenda that was successfully tied to the issue of security
during a political window of opportunity. The management agenda of the
Bush administration pursues many of the concerns of the Clinton era, but
does so with a more top-down and centralized interpretation of flexibility,
reflecting an executive-centered philosophy toward government and a
willingness to tackle the dominant stakeholder in this area, public service
unions.
Note:
Opprettelsen av Department of Homeland Security (DHS).