Designing Government

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Designing Government is written by F. Pearl Eliadis and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0773528458 (ISBN 10) and 9780773528451 (ISBN 13).

This collection of readings examines the tools used by today's government to achieve legitimacy, effectiveness, and accountability. The contributors examine the "instrument choice" perspective on government and public policy over the past two decades, moving beyond the preoccupation with deregulation and efficiency to trace the complex relationships between instrument choices and governance. Readers are encouraged to consider factors in the design of complex mixes, such as issues of redundancy, context, the rule of law and accountability. These latter factors are especially central in today's world to the design and implementation of effective instrument choices by governments and, ultimately, to good governance. The authors conclude that instrument choice itself is integral to government and governance.