Name: From the Active to the Enabling State
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Author: E. Page
ISBN: 9781403903198

From the Active to the Enabling State

E. Page

V. Wright

This book surveys the changing role of senior civil servants in Western Europe and explores whether they have kept their central role in government decision-making. Looking at these issues in comparative perspective, the contributors provide an insight into the causes and consequences of the changing role of officials.

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Introduction: From the Active to the Enabling State; E.C.Page & V.Wright A Case of Amateurs and Professionals: The Role of the Greek Senior Civil Service; D.A.Sotiropoulos The Changing Role of the Austrian Civil Service: The Impact of Politicisation, Public Sector Reform, and Europeanization; W.C.Müller From Incremental to Copernican Reform?: Changes to the Position and Role of Senior Civil Servants in the Belgian Federal Administration; M.Brans & T.Steen Italian Democracy under Threat?: The Spoils System in Historical Perspective; P.Mattei The Changing Role of the Senior Civil Service in Dutch National Government; F.M.van der Meer & J.C.N.Raadschelders French Top Civil Servants Within Changing Configurations: From Monopolization to Contested Places and Roles?; P.Bezes & P.Le Lidec German Officials and the Federal Policy Process: The Decline of Sectional Leadership; K.Goetz The Changing Role of the British Senior Civil Service: Challenge and Reform; C.Sausman & R.Locke From Managing The State To Managing Contingencies: Changing Roles Of The Senior Civil Service In Sweden; J.Pierre Conclusions: The Demystification of High Bureaucratic Office; E.C.Page & V.Wright

Notă biografică

PHILLIPPE BEZES Chargé de Recherches, Centre National des Recherches Scientifiques, University of Paris II, FranceMARLEEN BRANS Professor, Public Management Institute, University of Leuven, BelgiumKLAUS GOETZ Professor of Political Science, Universität Potsdam, GermanyPATRICK LE LIDEC Chercheur Associé, Centre de Recherches Politiques de la Sorbonne, Paris, FranceRACHEL LOCKE Partner, BSD Consultants, Hampshire, UKPAOLA MATTEI TH Marshall Research Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKWOLFGANG C. MÜLLER Professor of Political Science, Universität Mannheim, GermanyJON PIERRE Professor of Political science, University of Gothenburg, SwedenJOS C. N. RAADSCHELDERS Professor and Henry Bellmon Chair of Public Service, Department of Political Science, University of Oklahoma, USACHARLOTTE SAUSMAN Formerly Senior Research Associate, Judge Institute of Management, University of Cambridge, UKDIMITRI A. SOTIROPOULOS Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the Law School, University of Athens, GreeceTRUI STEEN Fellow, Public Management Institute, University of Leuven, BelgiumFRITS VAN DER MEER Associate Professor in Comparative Public Administration, Department of Public Administration, University of Leiden, The Netherlands