Performance Information in the Public Sector

Introduction: Using Public Sector Performance Information; S.Van de Walle & W.Van Dooren PART I: BUREAUCRACY Nothing New Under the Sun? Change and Continuity in the 20th Century Performance Movements; W.Van Dooren Advocacy and Learning: An Interactive-Dialogue Approach to Performance Information Use; D.Moynihan Performance Information and Performance Steering: Integrated System or Loose Coupling?; P.Lægreid, P.G.Roness & K.Rubecksen Performance Measurement beyond Instrumental Use; P.de Lancer Julnes Comparing Performance across Public Sectors; G.Bouckaert & J.Halligan Hitting the Target and Missing the Point? Developing an Understanding of Organizational Gaming; Z.Radnor Performance Management Systems: Providing Accountability and Challenging Collaboration; K.G.Denhardt & M.P.Aristigueta PART II: POLITICS AND SOCIETY Determinants of Performance Information Utilization in Political Decision Making; J.Askim UK Parliamentary Scrutiny of Public Service Agreements: A Challenge too Far?; C.Talbot & C.Talbot Performance Information and Educational Policy Making; Å.Johnsen Rational, Political and Cultural Uses of Performance Monitors: The Case of the Dutch Urban Policy; D.de Kool Reporting Public Performance Information: The Promise and Challenges of Citizen Involvement; A.T-K.Ho Publishing Performance Information: An Illusion of Control?; S.Van de Walle & A.Roberts Epilogue: The Many Faces of Use; H.Hatry