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Record Nr.

UNINA9910746080403321

Titolo

Finnish public administration : Nordic public space and agency / / edited by Elias Pekkola, Jan-Erik Johanson, Mikko Mykkänen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023

ISBN

3-031-34862-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxix, 315 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Governance and Public Management, , 2524-7298

Altri autori (Persone)

PekkolaElias

JohansonJan-Erik

MykkänenMikko

Disciplina

320.44897

Soggetti

Nordic model

Public administration - Finland

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1: Introduction to Nordic public administration -- Part 1: Structures and Space -- 2: Defining polity: Finnish politico-administrative system -- 3: City-regionalization, local democracy and civic participation -- 4: Government of government: How and by whom the government is governed?- 5: Local government and autonomy -- 6: Constructing the Finnish constitutional doctrine on regional self-government -- 7: Public financial management: budgeting and accountability -- 8:Performance management in the Finnish government: reflections and future directions from the perspectives of hybridity and sustainability -- 9: Public service systems: meaningful public service -- Part 2: Process and actors -- 10: Social and health care policy: taming complexities?- 11: Nordic environmental state in the making? The difficult transformation to sustainable practices -- 12: Higher education policy: accountable academia -- 13: Landscapes of knowledge production. education policy and diminishing inequality -- 14: Comprehensive governance of security -- 15: Human rights policy and Finnish human rights architecture -- 16: Innovation policy in Finland: from the limelight to distress to a search for new avenues -- 17: Reflections: Finnish public management as a Nordic system.



Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of public administration in Finland. Many of the basic structures of Finnish public administration have remained intact during the country’s relatively short independence of 100 years, but Finland has been able to tackle major turbulence ranging from wars and financial crises to the Covid-19 pandemic. Finland has also had to adjust to greater European integration, a new constitution, an ageing population, increased globalization of markets, and climate change. Chapters in this volume examine a wide range of themes pertinent to Finnish public administration, including government, regionalisation, health care policy, performance management, budgeting, and higher education policy. Placing these themes within the wider context of Nordic administrative developments, the book showcases public administration in Finland as pragmatism in action. It will appeal to students and scholars of public administration, public management, public policy and Nordic studies.