From the Active to the Enabling State

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction: From the Active to the Enabling State

   • Edward C. Page, Vincent Wright

   Pages 1-14

3. A Case of Amateurs and Professionals: The Role of the Greek Senior Civil Service

   • Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos

   Pages 15-37

4. The Changing Role of the Austrian Civil Service: The Impact of Politicisation, Public Sector Reform, and Europeanisation

   • Wolfgang C. Müller

   Pages 38-62

5. From Incremental to Copernican Reform?: Changes to the Position and Role of Senior Civil Servants in the Belgian Federal Administration

   • Marleen Brans, Trui Steen

   Pages 63-80

6. Italian Democracy Under Threat?: The Spoils System in Historical Perspective

   • Paola Mattei

   Pages 81-98

7. The Changing Role of the Senior Civil Service in Dutch National Government

   • Frits M. van der Meer, Jos C. N. Raadschelders

   Pages 99-120

8. French Top Civil Servants Within Changing Configurations: From Monopolization to Contested Places and Roles?

   • Philippe Bezes, Patrick Le Lidec

   Pages 121-163

9. German Officials and the Federal Policy Process: The Decline of Sectional Leadership

   • Klaus Goetz

   Pages 164-188

10. The Changing Role of the British Senior Civil Service: Challenge and Reform

    • Charlotte Sausman, Rachel Locke

    Pages 189-207

11. From Managing the State to Managing Contingencies: Changing Roles of the Senior Civil Service in Sweden

    • Jon Pierre

    Pages 208-223

12. Conclusions: The Demystification of High Bureaucratic Office

    • Edward C. Page, Vincent Wright

    Pages 224-239

13. Back Matter

    Pages 240-245

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This book surveys the changing role of senior civil servants in Western Europe and explores whether they have kept their central role in government decision-making. Looking at these issues in comparative perspective, the contributors provide an insight into the causes and consequences of the changing role of officials.

• decision-making
• democracy
• Europe
• government
• Policy
• european union politics

• London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

  Edward C. Page

• Nuffield College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

  Vincent Wright

PHILLIPPE BEZES Chargé de Recherches, Centre National des Recherches Scientifiques, University of Paris II, France MARLEEN BRANS Professor, Public Management Institute, University of Leuven, Belgium KLAUS GOETZ Professor of Political Science, Universität Potsdam, Germany PATRICK LE LIDEC Chercheur Associé, Centre de Recherches Politiques de la Sorbonne, Paris, France RACHEL LOCKE Partner, BSD Consultants, Hampshire, UK PAOLA MATTEI TH Marshall Research Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK WOLFGANG C. MÜLLER Professor of Political Science, Universität Mannheim, Germany JON PIERRE Professor of Political science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden JOS C. N. RAADSCHELDERS Professor and Henry Bellmon Chair of Public Service, Department of Political Science, University of Oklahoma, USA CHARLOTTE SAUSMAN Formerly Senior Research Associate, Judge Institute of Management, University of Cambridge, UK DIMITRI A. SOTIROPOULOS Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the Law School, University of Athens, Greece TRUI STEEN Fellow, Public Management Institute, University of Leuven, Belgium FRITS VAN DER MEER Associate Professor in Comparative Public Administration, Department of Public Administration, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

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