Public Sector Reform

Rationale, Trends and Problems
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-7619-5366-1
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 596 g

Deregulation, privatization and marketization have become the bywords for the reforms and debates surrounding the public sector. This major book is unique in its comparative analysis of the reform experience in Western and Eastern Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Leading experts identify a number of key factors to systematically explain the similarities and differences, map common problems and together reflect on the future shape of the public sector, exploring significant themes in a lively and accessible way.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lane, Jan-Erik

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landesverwaltung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Public Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Öffentlicher Dienst, Öffentlicher Sektor
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Öffentliche Verwaltung: Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Literatur für Manager

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Jan-Erik Lane
New Public Sector Models - John Halligan
Reform in Australia and New Zealand
The Bewildering Pace of Public Sector Reform in Canada - Evert A Lindquist
The Privatization of Infrastructures in Germany - Ira Denkhaus and Volker Scheider
Re-Building the State - Joachim Jens Hesse
Public Sector Reform in Central and Eastern Europe
Farewell to the British State? - Michael J Goldsmith and Edward C Page
Anglo-Saxon Public Management and European Governance - Walter J M Kickert
The Case of Dutch Administrative Reforms
Public Sector Reform in the Nordic Countries - Jan-Erik Lane
Public Sector Reform in France - Thierry Postif
Local Government in Britain after Thatcher - Gerry Stoker
Fiscal and Financial Decentralization - Bernard Steunenberg and Nico Mol
A Comparative Analysis of Six West European Countries
Searching for Competitiveness - Carles Boix
The Role of the Spanish Public Sector in the 1980s and 1990s
Incorporation as Public Sector Reform - Jan-Erik Lane

Über Autor(innen)

Lane, Jan-Erik
Jan-Erik Lane is Professor of Political Science at the University of Geneva.