Overview
- Presents the largest comparative dataset for European public administrations collected to date
- Offers an in-depth analysis of administrative executives in the five Nordic countries
- Explores why the Nordic countries have seemed so successful in their approach to the public sector
Part of the book series: Public Sector Organizations (PSO)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Per Lægreid is Professor at the Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Norway. He has published extensively on public sector reform, public management and institutional change from a comparative perspective. His latest publications include articles in Governance, Public Administration, International Review of Administrative Science, Public Administration Review and Public Management Review.
Lise H. Rykkja is Senior Researcher at the Uni Research Rokkan Centre,Norway. Her research concentrates on the organization and development of public administration and public policies based in a broad institutional and comparative perspective. Her latest publication includes articles in Public Administration, Public Administration Review, Public Management Review and International Journal of Public Administration.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nordic Administrative Reforms
Book Subtitle: Lessons for Public Management
Editors: Carsten Greve, Per Lægreid, Lise H. Rykkja
Series Title: Public Sector Organizations
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56363-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-56362-0Published: 28 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-56363-7Published: 17 August 2016
Series ISSN: 2946-2290
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2304
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 236
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Administration, European Politics, Comparative Politics