Overview

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.

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Author:   Jan-Erik Lane
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9780761953678

ISBN 10:   0761953671
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   12 December 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction - Jan-Erik Lane New Public Sector Models - John Halligan Reform in Australia and New Zealand The Bewildering Pace of Public Sector Reform in Canada - Evert A Lindquist The Privatization of Infrastructures in Germany - Ira Denkhaus and Volker Scheider Re-Building the State - Joachim 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 Governance - Walter J M Kickert The Case of Dutch Administrative Reforms Public Sector Reform in the Nordic Countries - Jan-Erik Lane Public Sector Reform in France - Thierry Postif Local Government in Britain after Thatcher - Gerry Stoker Fiscal and Financial Decentralization - Bernard Steunenberg and Nico Mol A Comparative Analysis of Six West European Countries Searching for Competitiveness - Carles Boix The Role of the Spanish Public Sector in the 1980s and 1990s Incorporation as Public Sector Reform - Jan-Erik Lane

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`A most useful comparative text of national case studies covering reform in a wide variety of different nation settings′ - International Journal of Public-Private Partnerships

`A most useful comparative text of national case studies covering reform in a wide variety of different nation settings' - International Journal of Public-Private Partnerships

'A most useful comparative text of national case studies covering reform in a wide variety of different nation settings' - International Journal of Public-Private Partnerships

'A most useful comparative text of national case studies covering reform in a wide variety of different nation settings' - International Journal of Public-Private Partnerships 'A most useful comparative text of national case studies covering reform in a wide variety of different nation settings' - International Journal of Public-Private Partnerships

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

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