The Coordination of Public Sector Organizations: Shifting Patterns of Public Management

PART I: CONCEPTS, THEORIES AND METHODOLOGY The Main Argument: Specialization without Coordination is Centrifugal Coordination: What is it and Why Should we have it? Resources, Mechanisms and Instruments for Coordination How to Map Coordination: Issues of Methodology PART II: SPECIALIZATION AND COORDINATION IN SEVEN COUNTRIES (1980-2005) Coordination in New Zealand Coordination in the United Kingdom Coordination in Sweden Coordination in The Netherlands Coordination in France Coordination in Belgium Coordination in the United States PART III: CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISON Specialization and Coordination in Seven Countries: Findings and Discussion Appendix A. Comparative tables References End notes

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