THE CHALLENGE OF AUTONOMY: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE VARIOUS DIMENSIONS OF AUTONOMY Cover Image

PROVOCĂRILE AUTONOMIEI: UN STUDIU EMPIRIC ASUPRA MULTIPLELOR DIMENSIUNI ALE AUTONOMIEI
THE CHALLENGE OF AUTONOMY: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE VARIOUS DIMENSIONS OF AUTONOMY

Author(s): Cristinel Iftene
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Universitatea Nicolae Titulescu
Keywords: Autonomy; decentralization; political influence; group interest; public policy

Summary/Abstract: There are various dimensions of autonomy (policy, financial, structural, personnel, legal, institutional) as different scholars demonstrated (Christensen 2001, Verhoest et. al. 2004). In the present paper we will focus only on political and financial autonomy. As Yesilkagit and van Thiel demonstrated there is a difference between formal and de facto autonomy. They found that formal autonomy does not reinforce de facto autonomy and that organizations with less autonomy report higher levels of political influence when policy autonomy is concerned.

  • Issue Year: XVI/2009
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 486-499
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English
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