Table of Contents
Chapter 1. The DNA of National Centralized Control and Its Change Potential
Adam E. Nir
Chapter 2. Decentralization and Centralization in the Public Sector: Addressing the Dichotomy
Maxfield J. Peterson and B. Guy Peters
Chapter 3. Centralist Paths in Post-Ottoman Countries: Tracing the Divergent Outcomes
Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas
Chapter 4. Complexities in Centralization in School Education: Evidence from High-Performing Nations
Brian J. Caldwell
Chapter 5. Centralization in Large-Scale Emergency Situations: Rarely Needed, Barely Achievable
Ira Helsloot and Jelle Groenendaal
Chapter 6. New Paths of Centralization in the 21st Century? The Case of the Portuguese Public Administration
Marta Portocarrero and Manuel Fontaine Campos
Chapter 7. How Centralized Organizations Involve Stakeholders in the Strategy Process
Daniel Mack and Gabriel Szulanski
Chapter 8. Organizational Imprinting Theory of Centralization: Toward a Historical Process Framework
Izhak Berkovich
Chapter 9. Centralization in the Hungarian Administrative System
Tamás Szigetvári
Chapter 10. From Capacity to Comprehension: Centralization, Information Processing, and Decision-Making in the Multiunit Firm
John Joseph
Chapter 11. The Dangers of Centralization: Lessons from Twenty Years of Liberal State-Building in Afghanistan
Mohammad Qadam Shah
Chapter 12. Centralization in Educational Governance in Taiwan
Fwu-Yuan Weng
Authors’ Biographical Notes
Index
Editor’s ORCID iD
Adam E. Nir – 0000-0001-5173-0298