Administrative reforms and democratic governance / / edited by Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans and Jon Pierre

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910972501603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2011
• ISBN: 9786613379221; 9781136749490; 1136749497; 9781283379229; 1283379228; 9780203820339; 0203820339; 9781136749506; 1136749500
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Collana: Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science
• Altri autori (Persone): Eymeri-DouzansJean-Michel; PierreJon
• Disciplina: 352.3/67
• Soggetti: Organizational change - Europe; Administrative agencies - Europe - Reorganization; Civil service reform - Europe; Organizational change; Administrative agencies - Reorganization; Civil service reform; Comparative government
• 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: pt. 1. Administrative reforms in practice: trajectories, strategies, acclimatizations -- pt. 2. The unanticipated impact of administrative reforms: a challenge to democracy?.
• Sommario/riassunto: After a quarter of a century of implementation of New Public Management (NPM) reform strategies, this book assesses the major real outcomes of these reforms on states and public sectors, at both the ; organisational level and a more political level. Unlike most previous accounts of reform, this book looks at how reform has changed the role of the public administration in democratic governance. Featuring case studies on the UK, Germany, France, Norway, Ireland, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Post communist states, Mexico, South Korea, Turkey and the European Commission, and focusing on two issues t