Peters / Pierre Politicians, Bureaucrats and Administrative Reform

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-134-56654-9
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

Adminstrative reform in most western democracies over the past couple of decades has been characterized by bringing in market-based concepts of public-service delivery. This book looks critically at administrative reform in a comparative perspective. The contributors - experts on administrative reform - assess its scope and objectives, and also the ways in which these reforms have impacted on the traditional roles of elective office and civil servants. This book will be an invaluable resource for students and academics in Politics and Public Administration, as well as for civil servants and experts on administrative reform.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peters, B. Guy

Pierre, Jon

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Civil servants and politicians: the changing balance B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre

Part I The Anglo-American Democracies

2. Public service bargains and public service reform Christopher Hood

3. Reinventing government, or reinventing politics? The american experience Joel D. Alberach and Bert A. Rockman

4. Agencies, ministers and civil servants in Britain Brian W. Hogwood, D. Judge and M. McVicar

Part II Continental Europe

5.Bureaucrats and politicians in the politics of administrative reforms in France (1988-1997) Phillipe Bezes

6. A solid rock in rough seas? Institutional change and continuity in the German federal bureaucracy Eckhard Schröter

7. New public management from a theoretical and Austrian perspective Barbara Liegl

8. Politicians, bureaucrats and administrative reform in Hungary: who stops whom? Laszlo Vass

9. Bureaucratic politics in Spain: a long lasting tradition Carlos Alba

10. (Re)shaping the politics-administration nexus in Greece: the decline of a symbiotic relationship? Calliope Spanou

Part III Scandinavia

11. Bureaucratic autonomy as a political asset Jörgen Grönnegaard Christensen

12. Parallel paths?: administrative reform, public policy and politico-bureaucratic relationships in Sweden Jon Pierre

13. Reform "industry" in the Finnish government: towards the new welfare idea through the central and local administrative reforms of the 1980s and 1990s Ari Salminen

Part IV The Pacific Region

14. Politicians, bureaucrats and public sector reform in Australia and New Zealand John Halligan

15. Party members, elite bureaucrats and government reform in Japan's changing political landscape Akira Nakamura

Part V Conclusions

16. The comparative dimension of administrative reform: creating open villages nad redesigning the politics of administration Theo Toonen

Über Autor(innen)

B. Guy Peters is renowned for his work in this field. He is currently Maurice Falk Professor of American Government at the University of Pittsburgh. His latest publications include The Future of Governing, and co-editing Taking Stock: Assessing Public Sector Reform. Jon Pierre held a chair in Politics at the University of Strathclyde 1996-1998. His recent work includes Bureaucracy in the Modern State; he is current co-editor of Governance: An International Journal of Policy and Administration.