Overview
- Provides an overview of the established results and effects of modernization, decentralization, and other New Public Management-driven reforms, austerity policy, and post-NPM influences
- Systematises lessons learned from both successful and unsuccessful changes of local public and social service delivery
- Examines evaluation in 17 European countries: the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia, and Turkey
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Governance and Public Management (GPM)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- Public and Social Services
- New Public Management
- austerity policy
- local public sector reforms
- local service reforms in Europe
- sub-national governments
- Regulatory impact assessment
- regulatory policy
- evidence-based policy
- performance management and evaluation
- personal social services
- evaluation approaches
- marketization of public services
- privatization of public services
- inter-municipal cooperation
- Public Sector Agentification
- decentralisation reform
- public management modernization
- Policy Evaluation Capacity
- local service provision
About this book
Reviews
“This book is an important step forward to extend our knowledge about the evaluation of modernization processes in local service delivery. By adopting a comparative perspective, the book explores various approaches and effects of local public sector reforms focusing on institutional changes in the provision of public services. A variety of key topics are critically analysed by internationally renowned experts of the field making this book a must-read for scholars and practitioners alike.” (Sabine Kuhlmann, Professor of Public Administration and Organization, University of Potsdam, Germany)
“This book appraises the evaluation of reforms to local and public and social services across a range of European countries. The use and quality of evaluation is highly variable within and across countries, and the analyses illuminate different approaches and continuing issues and lessons.” (John Halligan, Professor of Public Administration, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra, Australia)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Hellmut Wollmann is Emeritus Professor of Public Policy and Administration at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany. His recent books include Public and Social Services in Europe (2016), and Introduction to Comparative Public Administration (with S. Kuhlmann, 2014).
Gérard Marcou was Professor of Public Law at the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and Director of GRALE (Groupement de Recherche sur l’Administration Locale en Europe), France. His recent books include Public and Social Services in Europe (2016), and Provision of Public Services in Europe (2010).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Evaluating Reforms of Local Public and Social Services in Europe
Book Subtitle: More Evidence for Better Results
Editors: Ivan Koprić, Hellmut Wollmann, Gérard Marcou
Series Title: Governance and Public Management
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61091-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-61090-0Published: 02 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87003-8Published: 24 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-61091-7Published: 20 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2524-728X
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7298
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 345
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Policy, Governance and Government, International Political Economy, Public Administration