From the Active to the Enabling State

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.

Autorentext
PHILLIPPE BEZES Chargé de Recherches, Centre National des Recherches Scientifiques, University of Paris II, France MARLEEN BRANS Professor, Public Management Institute, University of Leuven, Belgium KLAUS GOETZ Professor of Political Science, Universität Potsdam, Germany PATRICK LE LIDEC Chercheur Associé, Centre de Recherches Politiques de la Sorbonne, Paris, France RACHEL LOCKE Partner, BSD Consultants, Hampshire, UK PAOLA MATTEI TH Marshall Research Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK WOLFGANG C. MÜLLER Professor of Political Science, Universität Mannheim, Germany JON PIERRE Professor of Political science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden JOS C. N. RAADSCHELDERS Professor and Henry Bellmon Chair of Public Service, Department of Political Science, University of Oklahoma, USA CHARLOTTE SAUSMAN Formerly Senior Research Associate, Judge Institute of Management, University of Cambridge, UK DIMITRI A. SOTIROPOULOS Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the Law School, University of Athens, Greece TRUI STEEN Fellow, Public Management Institute, University of Leuven, Belgium FRITS VAN DER MEER Associate Professor in Comparative Public Administration, Department of Public Administration, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

Inhalt
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