
Nordic Administrative Reforms
Lessons for Public Management
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 28. October 2016
Book
Hardback
XVI, 236 pages
978-1-137-56362-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book is based on a unique data set and assesses in comparative terms the public management reforms in the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Based on the assessments of administrative executives, the book compares the Nordic countries with the Anglo-Saxon, the Germanic, the Napoleonic and the East European group of countries. The book addresses the following questions: What reform trends are relevant in the public administrations of the Nordic countries? What institutional features characterize the state authorities in these countries? What characterizes the role identity, self-understanding, dominant values, and motivation of administrative executive in the Nordic countries? What characterizes reform processes, trends and content, what is the relevance of different types of management instruments, and what are their perceived effects and the perceived performance of the public administration? The book also examines how the different Nordiccountries dealt with the financial crisis of 2008, and how the differences and similarities in their approaches can be explained.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 s/w Abbildungen, 4 farbige Abbildungen
XVI, 236 p. 6 illus., 4 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
443 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-56362-0 (9781137563620)
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-56363-7
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Nordic Administrative Reforms
Lessons for Public Management
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Lessons for Public Management
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Persons
Carsten Greve is Professor of Public Management and Governance at the Department of Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. He is also Academic Director of the CBS Public Private Platform. His research interests include public management reform and public-private partnerships in an international perspective. He teaches at the executive Master of Public Governance program in Copenhagen.
Per Lægreid is Professor at the Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Norway. He has published extensively on public sector reform, public management and institutional change from a comparative perspective. His latest publications include articles in Governance , Public Administration , I nternational Review of Administrative Science , Public Administration Review and Public Management Review .
Lise H. Rykkja is Senior Researcher at the Uni Research Rokkan Centre,Norway. Her research concentrates on the organization and development of public administration and public policies based in a broad institutional and comparative perspective. Her latest publication includes articles in Public Administration , Public Administration Review , Public Management Review and International Journal of Public Administration .
Per Lægreid is Professor at the Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Norway. He has published extensively on public sector reform, public management and institutional change from a comparative perspective. His latest publications include articles in Governance , Public Administration , I nternational Review of Administrative Science , Public Administration Review and Public Management Review .
Lise H. Rykkja is Senior Researcher at the Uni Research Rokkan Centre,Norway. Her research concentrates on the organization and development of public administration and public policies based in a broad institutional and comparative perspective. Her latest publication includes articles in Public Administration , Public Administration Review , Public Management Review and International Journal of Public Administration .
Content
Chapter 1. Introduction: The Nordic Model in Transition; Carsten Greve, Per Lægreid and Lise H. Rykkja.- Chapter 2. Data, methods, and some structural and individual characteristics; Per Lægreid and Lise H. Rykkja.- Chapter 3. Reform Context and Status; Carsten Greve and Niels Ejersbo.- Chapter 4. Nordic Administrative Heritages and Contemporary Institutional Design; Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg and Helena Wockelberg.- Chapter 5. Roles, Values, and Motivation; Turo Virtanen.- Chapter 6.Administrative Reform - Processes, Trends, and Content; Per Lægreid and Lise H. Rykkja.- Chapter 7. Relevance of Management Instruments; Niels Ejersbo and Carsten Greve.- Chapter 8. Success in Reforming Administration - What Matters?; Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson, Pétur Berg Matthíasson and Turo Virtanen.- Chapter 9. Managing the Financial Crisis; Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson and Pétur Berg Matthíasson.- Chapter 10. The Nordic Model Revisited: Active Reformers and High Performing Public Administrations; Carsten Greve, Per Lægreid, and Lise H. Rykkja.