Politicians, Bureaucrats and Administrative Reform

Adminstrative reform in most western democracies over the past couple of decades has been characterized by bringing in market-based concepts of public-service delivery. This book looks critically at administrative reform in a comparative perspective. The contributors - experts on administrative reform - assess its scope and objectives, and also the ways in which these reforms have impacted on the traditional roles of elective office and civil servants. This book will be an invaluable resource for students and academics in Politics and Public Administration, as well as for civil servants and experts on administrative reform.

"this book serves as a useful overview, surveying the multifarious types of the politics-administration nexus across international regions."
-West European Politics, October 1, 2002
"Guy Peters and Jon Pierre have assembled an exceptionally thoughtful and comprehensive review of public management reforms. This book is a world tour, from the popular reform spots of New Zealand and the United Kingdom to lesser-knwon efforts by Greece, Austria, and Hungary. It paints a rich and textured portrait of the global administrative reform movement - and how varied it has been.."
-American Political Science Review

B. Guy Peters is renowned for his work in this field. He is currently Maurice Falk Professor of American Government at the University of Pittsburgh. His latest publications include The Future of Governing, and co-editing Taking Stock: Assessing Public Sector Reform. Jon Pierre held a chair in Politics at the University of Strathclyde 1996-1998. His recent work includes Bureaucracy in the Modern State; he is current co-editor of Governance: An International Journal of Policy and Administration.

Adminstrative reform in most western democracies over the past couple of decades has been characterized by bringing in market-based concepts of public-service delivery. This book looks critically at administrative reform in a comparative perspective. The contributors - experts on administrative reform - assess its scope and objectives, and also the ways in which these reforms have impacted on the traditional roles of elective office and civil servants. This book will be an invaluable resource for students and academics in Politics and Public Administration, as well as for civil servants and experts on administrative reform.

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