Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: The coalition government elected in 2010 in the UK pursued a programme of quango reform focused on reducing the number and expenditure of arm’s-length bodies, increasing transparency, improving accountability and maximizing efficiency and effectiveness. This paper revisits Flinders and Skelcher’s 2012 Flinders, M. and Skelcher, C. (2012), Shrinking the quango state: five challenges in reforming quangos. Public Money & Management, 32, 5, pp. 327–334.[Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar] PMM paper ‘Shrinking the quango state: five challenges in reforming quangos’ to assess progress to date and consider future challenges. Drawing insights from the UK programme of quango reform, as well as similar developments in Ireland, the authors identify five new challenges for governments: regulating, managing, reconciling, co-ordinating and reflecting.
Source: Public Money & Management
Authors: Katharine Dommett, Muiris MacCarthaigh
Institutions: University of Sheffield, Queen's University Belfast
Language: English
Subfield: Public Administration
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2325507481