Local Public Sector Reforms in Times of Crisis: National Trajectories and International Comparisons 2016 Edition Contributor(s): Kuhlmann, Sabine (Editor), Bouckaert, Geert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1137525479 ISBN-13: 9781137525475 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2016 Click for more in this series: Governance and Public Management |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - General - Political Science | Comparative Politics |
Dewey: 320 |
LCCN: 2016949426 |
Series: Governance and Public Management |
Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.13" W x 8.65" L (1.33 lbs) 366 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Index |
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Publisher Description: This book compares the trajectories and effects of local public sector reform in Europe and fills a research gap that has existed so far in comparative public administration and local government studies. Based on the results of COST research entitled, 'Local Public Sector Reforms: an International Comparison', this volume takes a European-scale approach, examining local government in 28 countries. Local government has been the most seriously affected by the continuously expanding global financial crisis and austerity policies in some countries, and is experiencing a period of increased reform activity as a result. This book considers both those local governments which have adopted or moved away from New Public Management (NPM) modernization to 'something different' (what some commentators have labelled 'post-NPM'), as well as those which have implemented 'other-than-NPM measures', such as territorial reforms and democratic innovations. |
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