Public Administration Reforms in Europe

Edited by Gerhard Hammerschmid, Professor of Public and Financial Management, Hertie School, Germany, Steven Van de Walle, Research Professor, Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium, Rhys Andrews, Professor of Public Management, Cardiff Business School, UK and Philippe Bezes, Research Professor, CNRS, Centre d’études européennes, Sciences Po, France

'The COCOPS Top Executive Survey in the European public sector shows how three major paradigms, based on hierarchies, networks, and markets, dominate debates and perceptions of reforms in 17 European countries. This major comparative research demonstrates what is really happening, or not, and the effects on performance. Top civil servants will use this book to know what to do, or not, based on what works, or not.'--Geert Bouckaert (KU Leuven), President of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences'This is one of the few recent public administration texts to address the really big issues. The authors pose key questions and, with the help of a valuable new comparative database, offer carefully modulated answers. Some edited collections are disappointing, but this one is important, coherent and stimulating.'--Christopher Pollitt, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

• Contents:1. Introduction: Public Administration Reforms in EuropeSteven Van de Walle, Gerhard Hammerschmid, Rhys Andrews and Philippe Bezes2. Comparative Research in Public Administration and the Contribution of the COCOPS Top Executive SurveySteven Van de Walle, Gerhard Hammerschmid, Anca Oprisor and Vid Štimac3. Understanding Elites: Values, Attitudes, Motivations and Role Perceptions of Top Public Sector Executives in EuropeTrui Steen and Ulrike WeskePART I PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORMS IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE4. Austria: Nothing is Different, but Everything’s ChangedStephan Leixnering, Andrea Schikowitz and Renate E. Meyer5. From Smooth NPMization to Structural Changes in France: Accelerated Reforms, Mixed PerceptionsPhilippe Bezes and Gilles Jeannot6. German Public Administration: Incremental Reform and a Difficult Terrain for Management Ideas and InstrumentsGerhard Hammerschmid and Anca Oprisor 7. Administrative Reforms in the Netherlands: Managerialism, Collaboration and Implications for Future Reform CapacitySebastian Jilke, Joris Van Der Voet and Steven Van De WallePART II PUBLIC ADMNISTRATION REFORMS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE8. Public Administration Reform in Estonia: The Abundance of Piecemeal InitiativesRiin Savi and Tiina Randma-Liiv9. New Wine in New Bottles? Assessing Hungary’s Post-2010 Public Administration ReformsGyörgy Hajnal10. The Impact of Public Administration Reforms in Lithuania: Systemic Managerial Changes and Persisting Organizational DifferencesRimantas Rauleckas, Vitalis Nakrošis, Rasa Šnapštienė and Ligita ŠarkutėPART III PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORMS IN NORTHERN EUROPE11. Denmark: Towards the Neo-Weberian State in the Digital EraCarsten Greve and Niels Ejersbo 12. Finland: Active Reformer Looking for More Centralisation and Horizontal CoordinationTuro Virtanen13. Riding the Roller Coaster: Ireland’s Reform of the Public Service at a Time of Fiscal CrisisRichard Boyle14. Norway: Managerialism, Incrementalism and CollaborationPer Lægreid and Lise H. Rykkja15. Reinventing the Old Reform Agenda: Public Administrative Reform and Performance in SwedenHelena Wockelberg and Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg16. A Top-Down, Customer-Oriented Approach to Reform: Perceptions from UK Civil ServantsJames Downe, Rhys Andrews and Valeria Guarneros-Meza PART IV PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORMS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE17. Italy: Set Along a Neo-Weberian Trajectory of Administrative Reform?Edoardo Ongaro, Francesca Ferré, Davide Galli and Francesco Longo18. Public Administration Reforms in Portugal: A Path Between Service Improvement and Cutback MeasuresLuís Mota, Maria Engrácia Cardim and Luísa Pereira19. The Slow Pace of Public Administration Reform in SpainJosé M. Alonso, Judith Clifton and Daniel Díaz-FuentesPART V CHALLENGES AND OUTCOMES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORMS ACROSS EUROPE20. Mapping the Use of Public Management Tools in European Public AdministrationGilles Jeannot and Philippe Bezes21. Managing the Public Sector Under Fiscal StressTiina Randma-Liiv and Riin Savi22. Coordination Challenges and Administrative Reforms Per Lægreid, Tiina Randma-Liiv, Lise H. Rykkja and Külli Sarapuu23. Public Administration Reforms and Outcomes Across Countries and Policy AreasKaty Huxley, Rhys Andrews, Gerhard Hammerschmid and Steven Van De Walle24. Conclusion: A Kaleidoscope of Administrative Reforms in EuropeRhys Andrews, Philippe Bezes, Gerhard Hammerschmid and Steven Van De Walle Index