Staff Participation and Public Management Reform: Some International Comparisons

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Contexts of Staff Participation and Public Management Reform....Pages 3-26
Trajectories, Institutions and Stakeholders in Public Management Reform....Pages 27-53
Staff Participation in the Public Services....Pages 54-79
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Austria: The Dynamics of Public Management Reform and Staff Participation....Pages 83-99
Belgium: Staff Participation in the Copernic Reform....Pages 100-113
Britain: Staff Participation and Modernization under ‘New’ Labour....Pages 114-129
The Czech Republic: Staff Participation and Modernization of Central State Administration....Pages 130-142
Finland: Catchall Systems, Developing Practices....Pages 143-155
France: From Direct to Indirect Participation to Where?....Pages 156-167
Germany: Limited Reforms and Restricted Participation....Pages 168-183
Italy: The Case of the Revenue Agency....Pages 184-198
The Netherlands: Modernization, Participation and Strategic Choice....Pages 199-213
New Zealand: Public Management Reform and the Partnership for Quality Agreement....Pages 214-229
Switzerland: Staff Participation in Government Agencies Undergoing Change....Pages 230-244
The United States: Staff Participation in Administrative Reform 1993–2004....Pages 245-259
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
Making Sense of Staff Participation Within Public Management Reform....Pages 263-297
Back Matter....Pages 298-339