Politicians, bureaucrats and administrative reform 

 - London :  Routledge,  2001 
 - 231 p. 
<br/><br/> Civil servants and politicians: the changing balance  Part I - The anglo-american democracies  2 - Public service bargains and public service reform  3 - Reinventing government, or reinventing politics? The american experience  4 - Agencies, ministers and civil servants in Britain  Part II - Continental Europe  5 - Bureaucrats and politicians in the politics of administrative reforms in France (1988-1997)  6 - A solid rock in rough seas? Institutional change and continuity in the German federal bureaucracy  7 - New public management from a theoretical and Austrian perspective  8 - Politicians, bureaucrats and administrative reform in Hungary: who stops whom?  9 - Bureaucratic politics in Spain: a long-lasting tradition  10 - (Re)shaping the politics-administrations nexus in Greece: the decline of a symbiotic relationship?  Part III - Scandinavia  11 - Bureaucratic autonomy as a political asset  12 - Parallel paths? Administrative reform, public policy and politico-bureaucratic relationships in Sweden  13 - The reform 'industry' in the Finnish government: towards the new welfare idea through the central and local administrative reforms of the 1980s and 1990s  14 - Politicians, bureaucrats and public sector in Australia and New Zeland  15 - Party members, elite bureacrats and government reform in Japan's changing political landscape  Part V- Conclusions  16- The comparative dimension of administrative reform: creating open village and redesigning the politics of administration 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415234433 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Reforma Administrativa<br/>Atendimento ao Cidadão<br/> Burocracia<br/>Alta Administração Pública<br/>Serviço Público<br/>Democracia<br/> Setor Público<br/>Agente Público