| 词汇 | quango |
| 释义 | quango noun[ C ] often disapprovinguk /ˈkwæŋ.ɡəʊ/ us /ˈkwæŋ.ɡoʊ/pluralquangos an organization that is established by a government to consider a subject of public importance, but is independent from the government半官方机构 UK politics: government departments & organizations admiralty agency bureau chancellorship cobra drive-by FDA Foreign and Commonwealth Office HMRC HMSO lobby MI5 MI6 ministry mod monolith secretariat the Foreign Office the taxman the Treasury quango | Business Englishquango noun[ C ] uk /ˈkwæŋɡəʊ/uspluralquangos GOVERNMENT abbreviation for quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization: in the UK, an organization established by a government to consider a subject of public importance, which is independent from the government: Her consultancy has just prepared a report for the Carbon Trust (a quango promoting a low-carbon future). The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (Cabe) is the powerful quango which reviews planning applications for large commercial developments. Examples of quangoquango The need for impartial policy implementation by experts refers to the two most important motives given by policymakers in quango statutes. As far as foreign aid is concerned, the number of quangos is very low. In the next section four styles of quango creation will be deduced and operationalised. Secondly, in most cases where the predicted and actual styles do not match, the prediction is more advanced than the actual quango pattern. The existence of sectoral styles could thus improve our understanding of quango proliferation. Policymakers with a professional style will create quangos most often for tasks like inspection and training, which require professional skills and autonomy. First, it was investigated for the five policy sectors with the highest numbers of quangos whether their pattern of quango creation had changed over time. Only in the sectors of justice and agriculture do we find a change in the preferred type of quango; from public bodies to executive agencies. In three sectors the type of quango used most often did not change. In the field of justice the number of quangos is higher, but they are under a stricter regime. Again, policymakers with a managerial and professional style will grant quangos more autonomy than traditional and bureaucratic policymakers. While quangos are not new to western states, their number increased rapidly as a result of public sector reforms. Policymakers with this style expect quangos to be more efficient at policy implementation than traditional government organisations, regardless of the task in question. The number of quangos will be high, with many degrees of freedom. First, the frequency of decisions to establish quangos or charge them with tasks is different for each style. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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