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State organisations as agencies: an identifiable and meaningful focus of research?
Author(s) -
Thynne Ian
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/pad.315
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , corporate governance , state (computer science) , focus (optics) , state agency , public administration , political science , public relations , business , regulatory agency , sociology , social science , finance , computer science , physics , algorithm , optics
This article addresses the designation and study of state agencies as an important component of modern governance. It recognises that the recent interest in agencies has not been accompanied by any agreement on what actually constitutes an agency. In response, it distinguishes several types of organisations as possible candidates for agency status and thereafter classifies different applications of agencies in terms of these types. Two types are singled out for attention, with relevant lines of research being suggested. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.