Chris O’Leary
Agency termination in the UK: What explains the 'Bonfire of the quangos'?
O’Leary, Chris
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Abstract
In October 2010, the UK’s Coalition Government announced a radical reduction in the number of public bodies in the UK. This research tests the impact of three factors identified in the termination literature as affecting agency survival: political turnover, age and agency type. The research found that advisory Non-Departmental Public Bodies were five times more likely to have been identified for abolition or merger than other agency types. The research also found that agency age was a factor, but that political turnover was not significant.
Citation
O’Leary, C. (2015). Agency termination in the UK: What explains the 'Bonfire of the quangos'?. West European Politics, 38(6), 1327-1344. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2015.1010273
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 3, 2015 |
Publication Date | Feb 25, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Jun 3, 2015 |
Journal | West European politics. |
Print ISSN | 0140-2382 |
Electronic ISSN | 1743-9655 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 38 |
Issue | 6 |
Pages | 1327-1344 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2015.1010273 |
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