Das Buch liefert einen allgemeinen Überblick über neuere Diskussionsansätze zur Modernisierung der Staatsorganisation und der Kommunalverwaltung im internationalen Vergleich und vertiefend in Deutschland. Dabei werden zum einen die konzeptionellen Vorstellungen des New Public Managements als...

A factor that has proved important in acceptance of organizational change is the level of organizational and managerial trust. More than 10 years since its passage, civil service reform in Georgia continues to stimulate debate regarding employment at will (EAW) relationships in the public...

The quot;new public managementquot; (NPM) wave in public sector organizational change was founded on themes of disaggregation, competition, and incentivization. Although its effects are still working through in countries new to NPM, this wave has now largely stalled or been reversed in some key...

Introduction / Evan Moll Ghin and Mads Bøge Kristiansen -- Public management in times of austerity: the literature / Eva Moll Ghin and Mads Bøge Kristiansen -- The five case countries / Eva Moll Ghin and Mads Bøge Kristiansen -- Germany: an outlier in terms of fiscal adjustment / Jobst...