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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457963103321

Titolo

Public sector reform [[electronic resource] ] : rationale, trends and problems / / edited by Jan-Erik Lane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 1997

ISBN

1-4462-7927-8

1-282-62296-X

9786612622960

0-85702-616-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LaneJan-Erik

Disciplina

352.3/67

Soggetti

Public administration

Privatization

Deregulation

Economic policy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.