Public sector reform : rationale, trends and problems

Deregulation, privatization and marketization have become the bywords for the reforms and debates surrounding the public sector. This major book is unique in its comparative analysis of the reform experience in Western and Eastern Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

Leading experts identify a number of key factors to systematically explain the similarities and differences, map common problems and together reflect on the future shape of the public sector, exploring significant themes in a lively and accessible way.

Author Notes

Jan-Erik Lane is Professor of Political Science at the University of Geneva.

IntroductionJan-Erik Lane

New Public Sector ModelsJohn Halligan

Reform in Australia and New Zealand

The Bewildering Pace of Public Sector Reform in CanadaEvert A Lindquist

The Privatization of Infrastructures in GermanyIra Denkhaus and Volker Scheider

Re-Building the StateJoachim Jens Hesse

Public Sector Reform in Central and Eastern Europe

Farewell to the British State?Michael J Goldsmith and Edward C Page

Anglo-Saxon Public Management and European GovernanceWalter J M Kickert

The Case of Dutch Administrative Reforms

Public Sector Reform in the Nordic CountriesJan-Erik Lane

Public Sector Reform in FranceThierry Postif

Local Government in Britain after ThatcherGerry Stoker

Fiscal and Financial DecentralizationBernard Steunenberg and Nico Mol

A Comparative Analysis of Six West European Countries

Searching for CompetitivenessCarles Boix

The Role of the Spanish Public Sector in the 1980s and 1990s

Incorporation as Public Sector ReformJan-Erik Lane

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