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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Intro
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Approach and Research Design
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Front Matter
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Cross-Country Analysis
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Sector Studies
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Summary and Conclusions
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About this book
Reviews
"Public sector employment is undergoing a major transformation. The authors have undertaken a Herculean task of mapping and analysing these changes and collecting a unique set of statistical and comparative material. The book provides a monumental analysis of changing public employment regimes. It is required reading for anyone who is looking for a current overview of public employment and HR reforms, essential public employment data, and innovative country comparisons." - Steven Van de Walle, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
"Karin Gottschall, Bernhard Kittel and their colleagues have created a high-quality and exemplary resource on a controversial topic. Their impressive work is packed with an encompassing research design that integrates a persuasive methodological approach, well observed international comparisons and well-written case studies. I am highly recommending this book to interested practitioners as well as to any student and scientist of public administration and political science interested in solid research paired with stringent argumentation." - Jörg Bogumil, Universität Bochum, Germany
"This necessary study fills a major gap in existing research. It provides urgently needed empirical results on regulatory regimes of public employment and their substantial change and drastic transformation in selected major European countries after the 'Golden Age' of the welfare state. It successfully combines sector-specific analysis of crucial areas of service provision and country studies on a strictly comparative base. It extensively elaborates on all three major levels of government (municipal, state, and federal) and copes with differing degrees of public responsibility devolution. This ambitious interdisciplinary volume constitutes an important contribution to all future comparative analysis on the increasing national heterogeneity of public and civil service employment." - Berndt Keller, Universität Konstanz, Germany
"This important work provides critical insights into the politics of institutional change through the lens of administrative reform and public employment." - Kathleen Thelen, MIT, USA
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Bremen, Germany
Karin Gottschall, Sylvia Hils
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University of Vienna, Austria
Bernhard Kittel
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University of Strathclyde, UK
Kendra Briken
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Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
Jan-Ocko Heuer
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Bremen, Germany
Sebastian Streb
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University of Oldenburg, Germany
Markus Tepe
About the authors
Bernhard Kittel is Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Vienna, Austria. He is interested in experimental group decisions, comparative labour markets and welfare states, and social science methodology.
Kendra Briken is Chancellor's Fellow in the Department of Human Resource Management at the University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom. Her research interests include private/public security, lean management, and industrial relations.
Jan-Ocko Heuer is Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Social Sciences at Humboldt University Berlin and was Research Fellow at the Collaborative Research Centre 597, 'Transformations of the State' at the University of Bremen, Germany.
Sylvia Hils is Research Assistant and Women's Representative of the University of Bremen, Germany. Between 2008 and 2014 she worked as a research assistant at the Collaborative Research Center 597 'Transformations of the State' at the University of Bremen, Germany.
Sebastian Streb worked as a research assistant between 2008 and 20012 at the
Collaborative Research Center 597 'Transformations of the State' at the University of Bremen, Germany.
Markus Tepe is Professor ofPolitical Science at University of Oldenburg, Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Public Sector Employment Regimes
Book Subtitle: Transformations of the State as an Employer
Authors: Karin Gottschall, Bernhard Kittel, Kendra Briken, Jan-Ocko Heuer, Sylvia Hils, Sebastian Streb, Markus Tepe
Series Title: Transformations of the State
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137313119
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political Science Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Karin Gottschall, Bernhard Kittel, Kendra Briken, Jan-Ocko Heuer, Sylvia Hils, Sebastian Streb and Markus Tepe 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-33715-2Published: 29 October 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31311-9Published: 29 October 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 374
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations
Topics: Comparative Politics, Public Policy, Social Policy, Sociology of Work, Political Science, International Political Economy