Die EU-Dienstleistungsrichtlinie (2006/123/EG) erfordert umfangreiche Änderungen insbesondere des Wirtschaftsverwaltungs- und Verwaltungsverfahrensrechts. Das Buch befasst sich in sieben Einzelbeiträgen mit grundlegenden Fragen bei der Umsetzung, die als Chance zur Verwaltungsmodernisierung...

Governments around the world are criticized as inefficient, ineffective, too large, too costly, overly bureaucratic, overburdened by unnecessary rules, unresponsive to public needs, secretive, undemocratic, invasive into rights of citizens, self-serving, and failing in provision of the quantity...

In an international context, public management arrangements differ significantly from country to country, but also regionally and locally. One reason for these differences may be differences in culture resulting in differing views of the state and its institutions. This may sound trivial, but it...