Introduction to Comparative Public Administration
Administrative Systems and Reforms in Europe, Third Edition
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Product details:
- Edition number 3
- Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing
- Date of Publication 21 February 2025
- ISBN 9781035302468
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages460 pages
- Size 244x169 mm
- Weight 880 g
- Language English 909
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Long description:
This updated third edition of the Introduction to Comparative Public Administration explores the cultural, organizational, personnel and financial aspects of public administration across a wide range of European countries. The authors provide country profiles, comparative reform assessments and case studies to highlight the similarities and differences among European public administrations, with key learning objectives highlighted for each chapter.
Key Features of this third edition:
- Examples from both Western and Central Eastern European administrative systems
- In-depth empirical analysis paired with case studies of administrative systems and reform trajectories to enhance students' comparative interest, knowledge and skills
- Accounts of recent reforms and institutional changes, such as digitalization in public administration, as well as the major trends of public sector modernization in an era of multiple crises
This revised textbook is an indispensable resource for students, researchers and lecturers of political and administrative sciences, public management and the wider social sciences. It is also of great interest to policymakers, NGOs, administrators and public CEOs interested in systems reform in Europe as well as the major trends of public sector modernization in an era of multiple crises.
This updated third edition of the Introduction to Comparative Public Administration explores the cultural, organizational, personnel and financial aspects of public administration across a wide range of European countries. The authors provide country profiles, comparative reform assessments and case studies to highlight the similarities and differences among European public administrations, with key learning objectives highlighted for each chapter.
?With a new co-author, Renate Reiter, the long-awaited third edition of this classic in European comparative public administration is now available. Maintaining the framework of a parallel comparison among six countries ? France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Sweden, and the UK ? the book analyses the most recent developments in modernisation approaches comprehensively under five aspects: central-local relations, territorial reform, government-market relations, structural reform within government and digital transformation. Can the Neo-Weberian State replace New Public Management??
Table of Contents:
Contents
Preface to the third edition
1 Introduction
2 Theories and analytical approaches
3 Models and traditions of public administration in Europe: country profiles
4 Administrative reforms from a comparative perspective
5 Comparative summary
6 Future prospects of comparative public administration
Recommended reading
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