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Title Public sector reform : rationale, trends and problems / edited by Jan-Erik Lane
Published London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 312 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction : public sector reform : only deregulation, privatization and marketization? / Jan-Erik Lane -- New public sector models : reform in Australia and New Zealand / John Halligan -- The bewildering pace of public sector reform in Canada / Evert A. Lindquist -- The privatization of infrastructures in Germany / Ira Denkhaus and Volker Schneider -- Rebuilding the state : public sector reform in Central and Eastern Europe / Joachim Jens Hesse -- Farewell to the British state? / Michael J. Goldsmith and Edward C. Page -- Anglo-Saxon public management and European governance : the case of Dutch administrative reforms / Walter J.M. Kickert -- 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 : a comparative analysis of six West European countries / Bernard Steunenberg and Nico Mol -- Searching for competitiveness : the role of the Spanish public sector in the 1980s and 1990s / Carles Boix -- Incorporation as public sector reform / Jan-Erik Lane -- Conclusion / Jan-Erik Lane
Summary Leading experts from a number of countries examine the similarities and differences, common problems and the future form of the public sector. They argue that public sector reform deals with matters of justice and not just efficiency
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Public administration.
Privatization.
Deregulation.
Economic policy.
Administrative agencies.
Privatization
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration.
Administrative agencies
Deregulation
Economic policy
Privatization
Public administration
Öffentlicher Sektor
Reform
Collectieve sector.
Hervormingen.
Form Electronic book
Author Lane, Jan-Erik
LC no. 97062135
ISBN 9780857026163
085702616X
9781446279274
1446279278