Local Public Sector Reforms In Times Of Crisis: National Trajectories And International Comparisons (governance And Public Management)
by Geert Bouckaert /
2016 / English / PDF
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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.
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.