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 |
Notes |
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Subject |
Public administration.
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Privatization.
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Deregulation.
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Economic policy.
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Administrative agencies.
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Privatization
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration.
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Administrative agencies
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Deregulation
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Economic policy
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Privatization
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Public administration
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Öffentlicher Sektor
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Reform
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Collectieve sector.
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Hervormingen.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Lane, Jan-Erik
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LC no. |
97062135 |
ISBN |
9780857026163 |
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085702616X |
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9781446279274 |
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1446279278 |
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