Title: Politicians, bureaucrats and administrative reform /
Authors: Peters, B. Guy; Pierre, Jon.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Organizational change.; Public administration.; Civil service.; Politicians.
Abstract: Much has been written about administrative reform, but the impact of late 20th century changes to civil service organisation on political culture has been neglected. This volume sets out to fill a serious gap in the literature.
Contents: 1. Civil servants and politicians: the changing balance / B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre -- Pt. I. The Anglo-American democracies -- 2. Public service bargains and public service reform / Christopher Hood -- 3. Reinventing government, or reinventing politics? The American experience / Joel D. Aberbach and Bert A. Rockman -- 4. Agencies, ministers and civil servants in Britain / Brian W. Hogwood, David Judge and Murray McVicar -- Pt. II. Continental Europe -- 5. Bureaucrats and politicians in the politics of administrative reforms in France (1988-1997) / Philippe Bezes -- 6. A solid rock in rough seas? Institutional change and continuity in the German federal bureaucracy / Eckhard Schroter -- 7. New Public Management from a theoretical and Austrian perspective / Barbara Liegl -- 8. Politicians, bureaucrats and administrative reform in Hungary: who stops whom? / Laszlo Vass -- 9. Bureaucratic politics in Spain: a long-lasting tradition / Carlos R. Alba -- 10. (Re)shaping the politics-administration nexus in Greece: the decline of a symbiotic relationship? / Calliope Spanou -- Pt. III. Scandinavia -- 11. Bureaucratic autonomy as a political asset / Jorgen Gronnegaard Christensen -- 12. Parallel paths? Administrative reform, public policy and politico-bureaucratic relationships in Sweden / Jon Pierre -- 13. The reform 'industry' in the Finnish government: towards the new welfare idea through the central and local administrative reforms of the 1980s and 1990s / Ari Salminen -- Pt. IV. The Pacific region -- 14. Politicians, bureaucrats and public sector reform in Australia and New Zealand / John Halligan -- 15. Party members, elite bureaucrats and government reform in Japan's changing political landscape / Akira Nakamura -- Pt. V. Conclusions -- 16. The comparative dimension of administrative reform: creating open villages and redesigning the politics of administration / Theo A. J. Toonen.