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Why Delegate? (Paperback)
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Why Delegate? (Paperback)
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Why Delegate? moves beyond the standard economic accounts of
delegation to offer a fresh take on a wide variety of issues and
shows how essential the act of delegating is to our society. From
mundane tasks like choosing a plumber to weightier ones like
running a country, the world turns on delegation. We delegate
particular tasks to people we believe have more expertise than we
do. When it is successful, delegation improves efficiency, expands
the range of responsible actors, and even increases happiness. When
delegation fails, though, it brings conflict, corruption, and an
absence of accountability. In Why Delegate?, Neil J. Mitchell
investigates the incentives to delegate and the risks we take in
doing so. He demonstrates how a new, modified understanding of the
simple structure of the delegation relationship-the principal-agent
relationship, as economists have described it-simplifies a myriad
of important and seemingly disparate problems in private and public
life. Using real-world case studies including child abuse in the
Catholic Church, the Volkswagen pollution scandal, and FIFA
corruption, Mitchell illustrates the broad functionality of
delegation logic and the wide range of incentives at work in these
relationships. Diverse examples reveal the opportunism of both the
leaders and the led and show how accepted accounts of the
principal-agent relationship are incomplete. By drawing on
multidisciplinary research to address complex questions of
motivation, control, responsibility, and accountability, the book
builds a broader, more useful logic of delegation. Why Delegate?
moves beyond the standard economic accounts of delegation to offer
a fresh take on a wide variety of issues and shows how essential
the act of delegating is to our society. Mitchell's comprehensive
account of the contexts, causes, and effects of delegation develops
a new way to understand both the theory and practice of this
critical relationship.
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