Title Public administration reforms in Europe : the view from the top / edited by Gerhard Hammerschmid, Steven Van de Walle, Rhys Andrews, Philippe Bezes

Published Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 294 pages) : illustrations, charts Contents Part I: Public administration reforms in continential Europe -- Part II: Public administration reforms in central and Eastern Europe -- Part III: Public administration reforms in Northern Europe -- Part IV: Public administration reforms in Southern Europe -- Part V: Challenges and outcomes of public administration reforms across Europe Summary Based on a survey of more than 6700 top civil servants in 17 European countries, this book explores the impacts of New Public Management (NPM)-style reforms in Europe from a uniquely comparative perspective. It examines and analyses empirical findings regarding the dynamics, major trends and tools of administrative reforms, with special focus on the diversity of top executives' perceptions about the effects of those reforms. Resulting from research funded by the European Commission, this book is an ambitious, comprehensive portrait of public administration in the central European bureaucracies after more than three decades of NPM reforms and in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. The chapters present extensive data on single countries but invaluably take a comparative approach, presenting a broad, explorational perspective. Public Administration Reforms in Europe is an indispensable resource for researchers, practitioners and students in a variety of social science areas, especially public administration, public policy and public management Bibliography Includes bibliographical research and index (pages 281-294) Notes Print version record Subject Public administration -- Europe Administrative agencies -- Europe -- Reorganization POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Executive Branch. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration. Administrative agencies -- Reorganization Public administration Europe Form Electronic book Author Van de Walle, Steven, editor. Hammerschmid, Gerhard, editor. Andrews, Rhys, editor. Bezes, Philippe, editor. Van de Walle, Steven. Comparative research in public administration and the contribution of the COCOPS Top Executive Survey ISBN 9781783475407 1783475404

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