Suchergebnisse

Introduction : theory and practice of public sector reform / Steven Van de Walle and Sandra Groeneveld -- An institutional perspective / Johan P. Olsen -- A transformative perspective / Tom Christensen and Per Laegreid -- A principal-agent perspective / Sandra Van Thiel -- An innovation perspective / Victor Bekkers and Lars Tummers -- A change management perspective / Joris van der Voet, Ben S. Kuipers and Sandra Groeneveld -- A cultural theory perspective / Christopher Hood -- An interpretive perspective / R.A.W. Rhodes -- Reforming organizational structures / Steven Van de Walle -- Bureaucrats and politicians : reform begets reform / B. Guy Peters -- The shift toward network governance : drivers, characteristics and -- Manifestations / Erik-Hans Klijn and Joop Koppenjan -- Management of human resources : trends and variation / Sandra Groeneveld and Bram Steijn -- Public management reform and public professionalism / Mirko Noordegraaf -- Recent shifts in public financial management / Tiina Randma and Geert Bouckaert -- Public sector reform amidst societal and administrative shifts / Kim Putters -- Two varieties of administrative reform : US vs. Europe / Richard Stillman -- Becoming a student of reform / Frans-Bauke van der Meer, Christoph Reichard and Arthur Ringeling

Multifaceted social problems such as safety, social inclusion, poverty, mobility, rural development, city regeneration, or labour market integration require integrated approaches to steering. NPM-related fragmentation of policy and fragmentation of implementation lead to unsatisfactory public outcomes and a heightened experienced loss of control on the part of policy makers. Governments are therefore looking for new instruments to address the boundary-spanning nature of many social problems. In their quest for achieving valued social outcomes, they struggle with their new role, and the insufficiency of both markets and hierarchies. In this book, authors explore new organisational mechanisms, arrangements and ideas to deal with this fragmentation. New post-NPM steering and coordination practices come in various shapes and names, and current research suffers from considerable terminological confusion. The book first looks at various new organisational arrangements and mechanisms, including whole-of-government, collaborative governance, network governance, and outcome steering. It then goes on to unpack the outcomes these new steering instruments are supposed to achieve, and explores their effect on democracy, power, and the role of government.