Public Administration Reforms in Europe

Contents:

1. Introduction: Public Administration Reforms in Europe
Steven Van de Walle, Gerhard Hammerschmid, Rhys Andrews and Philippe Bezes

2. Comparative Research in Public Administration and the Contribution of the COCOPS Top Executive Survey
Steven Van de Walle, Gerhard Hammerschmid, Anca Oprisor and Vid Stimac

3. Understanding Elites: Values, Attitudes, Motivations and Role Perceptions of Top Public Sector Executives in Europe
Trui Steen and Ulrike Weske

PART I PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORMS IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE
4. Austria: Nothing is Different, but Everything's Changed
Stephan Leixnering, Andrea Schikowitz and Renate E. Meyer

5. From Smooth NPMization to Structural Changes in France: Accelerated Reforms, Mixed Perceptions
Philippe Bezes and Gilles Jeannot

6. German Public Administration: Incremental Reform and a Difficult Terrain for Management Ideas and Instruments
Gerhard Hammerschmid and Anca Oprisor

7. Administrative Reforms in the Netherlands: Managerialism, Collaboration and Implications for Future Reform Capacity
Sebastian Jilke, Joris Van Der Voet and Steven Van De Walle

PART II PUBLIC ADMNISTRATION REFORMS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
8. Public Administration Reform in Estonia: The Abundance of Piecemeal Initiatives
Riin Savi and Tiina Randma-Liiv

9. New Wine in New Bottles? Assessing Hungary's Post-2010 Public Administration Reforms
Gyoergy Hajnal

10. The Impact of Public Administration Reforms in Lithuania: Systemic Managerial Changes and Persisting Organizational Differences
Rimantas Rauleckas, Vitalis Nakrosis, Rasa Snapstiene and Ligita Sarkute

PART III PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORMS IN NORTHERN EUROPE
11. Denmark: Towards the Neo-Weberian State in the Digital Era
Carsten Greve and Niels Ejersbo

12. Finland: Active Reformer Looking for More Centralisation and Horizontal Coordination
Turo Virtanen

13. Riding the Roller Coaster: Ireland's Reform of the Public Service at a Time of Fiscal Crisis
Richard Boyle

14. Norway: Managerialism, Incrementalism and Collaboration
Per Laegreid and Lise H. Rykkja

15. Reinventing the Old Reform Agenda: Public Administrative Reform and Performance in Sweden
Helena Wockelberg and Shirin Ahlbaeck OEberg

16. A Top-Down, Customer-Oriented Approach to Reform: Perceptions from UK Civil Servants
James Downe, Rhys Andrews and Valeria Guarneros-Meza

PART IV PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORMS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE
17. Italy: Set Along a Neo-Weberian Trajectory of Administrative Reform?
Edoardo Ongaro, Francesca Ferre, Davide Galli and Francesco Longo

18. Public Administration Reforms in Portugal: A Path Between Service Improvement and Cutback Measures
Luis Mota, Maria Engracia Cardim and Luisa Pereira

19. The Slow Pace of Public Administration Reform in Spain
Jose M. Alonso, Judith Clifton and Daniel Diaz-Fuentes

PART V CHALLENGES AND OUTCOMES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORMS ACROSS EUROPE
20. Mapping the Use of Public Management Tools in European Public Administration
Gilles Jeannot and Philippe Bezes

21. Managing the Public Sector Under Fiscal Stress
Tiina Randma-Liiv and Riin Savi

22. Coordination Challenges and Administrative Reforms
Per Laegreid, Tiina Randma-Liiv, Lise H. Rykkja and Kuelli Sarapuu

23. Public Administration Reforms and Outcomes Across Countries and Policy Areas
Katy Huxley, Rhys Andrews, Gerhard Hammerschmid and Steven Van De Walle

24. Conclusion: A Kaleidoscope of Administrative Reforms in Europe
Rhys Andrews, Philippe Bezes, Gerhard Hammerschmid and Steven Van De Walle

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• Administração pública
• Políticas da governo central

public management; public administration reforms; comparative public administration; executive survey; new public management; financial crisis