Government agencies : practices and lessons from 30 countries / Edited by Koen Verhoest, Associate Professor at the Public Management Institute, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, Sandra van Thiel, Associate Professor, Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Geert Bouckaert, Professor at the Public Management Institute, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, Per Lægreid, Professor at the Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Norway.

Part I. Agencification as a Global Phenomenon: 1. Introduction / Koem Verhoest, Sandra Van Thiel, Geert Bouckaert and Per Lægreid; Comparing Agencies across Countries / Sandra Van Thiel
Part II. Agencification in Different Politico-Administrative Traditions: Section 2.1 Agencification in Anglo-American countries: Australia / Chris Aulich and Roger Wettenhall; Ireland / Muiris MacCarthaigh and Richard Boyle; New Zealand / Rovert Gregory; United Kingdom / Oliver James, Alice Moseley, Nicolai Petrovsky and George Boyne; The United States of America / B. Guy Peters; Comparing Agencification in Anglo-American Countries / John Halligan and Oliver James
Section 2.2. Agencification in Latin Countries: Belgium / Koen Verhoest, Sara Demuzere and Jan Rommel; France / François Lafarge; Italy / Edoardo Ongaro, Davide Galli, Dario Barbieri and Paolo Fedele; Spain / Salvador Parrado; Portugal / Silvia M. Mendes, Patrícia Gomes and Joaquin Filipe Araújo; Comparing Agencification in Latin Countries / Edoardo Ongaro, Salvador Parrado and Koen Verhoest
Section 2.3. Agencification in Continental Countries: Austria / Gerhard Hammerschmid, Arndt Krischok and Karin Steigenberger; Germany / Tobias Bach; Netherlands / Kutsal Yesilkagit and Sandra Van Thiel; Switzerland / Reto Steiner and Etienne Huber; Comparing Agencification in Continental Countries / Tobias Bach and Etienne Huber
Section 2.4. Agencification in Nordic Countries: Denmark / Morten Balle Hansen and Vibeke Normann.Andersen; Finland / Ari Salminen,Olli-Pekka Viinamäki and Johanna Sokisuu; Norway / Per Lægreid, Paul G.Roness and Kristin Rubecksen; Sweden / Birgitta Niklasson; Comparing Agencification in Nordic Countries / Morten Balle Hansen, Per Lægreid, Jon Pierre and Ari Salminen
Section 2.5. Agencification in CEE Countries: Croatia / Ivan Koprić and Anamarija Musa; Estonia / Külli Sarapuu; Hungary / György Hajnal; Lithuania / Vitalis Nakrošis and Martinaitis Žilvinas; Romania / Čalin E. Hinţea, Adrian V. Hudrea and Dan O. Balica; Slovakia / Juraj Nemec; Comparing Agencification in Central and Eastern Europe / Tiina Randma-Liiv, Vitalis Nakrošis and György Hajnal
Section 2.6. Agencification in Eastern and African Countries: Hong Kong / Martin Painter. Israel / David Levi-Faur and Shimon Livshitz; Tanzania / Andrew Sulle; Pakistan / Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Jadoon, Nasira Jabeen and Aisha Rizwan; Thailand / Bidhya Bowornwathana; Comparing Agencification in Eastern and African Countries / Martin Painter
Section 2.7. Agencification at Supranational Level: European Union (EU) Agencies / Edoardo Ongaro, Dario Barbieri, Nicola Bellé and Paolo Fedele
Part III. Current Challenges in Agnecifrication in Europe and Beyond: Lessons and Recommendations for the Practice of Agencification / Sandra van Thiel, Koen Verhoest, Geert Bouckaert and Per Lægreid.