In developed countries, governmental accounting is considered as an integral part and a
successful aspect of public sector reforms. In developing countries, besides being a tool for …

Scholars have examined how administrative burden creates barriers to accessing public
benefits but have primarily focused on the challenges of claiming benefits. Less is known …

Since the third edition of this authoritative volume, most of Western Europe and North
America have entered an era of austerity which has pervasive effects on programmes of …

Issue framing is one of the most important means of elite influence on public opinion.
However, we know almost nothing about how citizens respond to frames in what is possibly …

Names: Gunter, Helen, editor. Title: New public management and the reform of
education/edited by Helen Gunter, Emiliano Grimaldi, David Hall, Roberto Serpieri …

One aspect of universalism in Swedish eldercare services is that publicly financed and
publicly provided services have been both affordable for the poor and attractive enough to …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of lean implementation
in Danish public sector organisations. It is proposed to structure the paper around a …

The Politics of Justification is an investigation of welfare retrenchment in Denmark and the
Netherlands, 1982-1998. Welfare retrenchment is politically highly controversial, but still …

WHEN studying reforms in the public sector it is important to stress the distinctiveness of civil
service systems. 1 Administrative apparatus in the public sector has specific structural …

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Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis Peter Starke Alexandra …