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Handbook of Public Administration Reform
Reform is a politicised, ideological, sometimes drifting, and chaotic process. As such, what public administration reform means, why it occurs, whose interests it serves, and whether it makes the world a better place, remain contested questions. Addressing these questions, this major comparative study sheds new light on existing and emerging issues in the field of public administration reform.
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Reform is a politicised, ideological, sometimes drifting, and chaotic process. As such, what public administration reform means, why it occurs, whose interests it serves, and whether it makes the world a better place, remain contested questions. Addressing these questions, this major comparative study sheds new light on existing and emerging issues in the field of public administration reform.
Through a global range of country-focused case studies, chapters look closely at the key strands of public administration reform, including bureaucratic models, new public management, post-new public management, big data, integrity, and human resources. Spanning the Anglo-Celtic democracies, Brazil, Central Europe, South Asia, and the developing countries of the South Pacific, they analyse how public sectors have been reformed in recent decades, what factors have contributed to this, and what we can learn from these reforms to achieve better governance in the future.
Broad in scope and accessible in approach, this topical Handbook will be an invaluable resource to students and scholars of public administration and management and of policy and politics. With practical applications, it will also prove vital to policy-makers concerned with public administration reform, alongside relevant civil servants, think tanks, and pressure groups.
Through a global range of country-focused case studies, chapters look closely at the key strands of public administration reform, including bureaucratic models, new public management, post-new public management, big data, integrity, and human resources. Spanning the Anglo-Celtic democracies, Brazil, Central Europe, South Asia, and the developing countries of the South Pacific, they analyse how public sectors have been reformed in recent decades, what factors have contributed to this, and what we can learn from these reforms to achieve better governance in the future.
Broad in scope and accessible in approach, this topical Handbook will be an invaluable resource to students and scholars of public administration and management and of policy and politics. With practical applications, it will also prove vital to policy-makers concerned with public administration reform, alongside relevant civil servants, think tanks, and pressure groups.
Contributors
Contributors include: Catherine Althaus, David C.G. Brown, Pedro Cavalcante, Anthony B.L. Cheung, Samantha Custer, Fabrizio Di Mascio, Wenxue Fan, Robin Gauld, Shaun Francis Goldfinch, Robert Gregory, John Halligan, Yijia Jing, Sabine Kuhlmann, Michael Macaulay, Guido Melis, Alessandro Natalini, Edoardo Ongaro, David Richards, Victoria Roberts, Gurmeet Singh, Neale Slack, Martin Smith, Victor Sojo, Sam Warner, Marie-France Waxin, Kai Wegrich, Kiyoshi Yamamoto, Angela Zacharias, Fang Zhao
Contents
Contents:
1 The challenge of public administration reform: introduction to the Handbook of Public Administration Reform 1
Shaun Francis Goldfinch
2 Public sector reform and merit: principles, practices, and pushback 27
Catherine Althaus
3 Recruitment and selection practices that facilitate workforce diversity in the public sector 41
Marie-France J. Waxin, Fang Zhao and Angela Zacharias
4 Addressing workplace culture and abuse 57
Victor Sojo and Victoria Roberts
5 Integrity and misconduct in public office 77
Robert Gregory and Michael Macaulay
6 Finance and accounting: recent developments and challenges building efficiency and public accountability 90
Kiyoshi Yamamoto and Sabine Schührer
7 Digital exhaust or strategic asset? Navigating big data benefits and risks for public administration 111
Samantha Custer
8 Public sector innovation: which season of public sector reform? 131
Kai Wegrich
9 The challenges of healthcare delivery: lessons from reform in health administration 146
Robin Gauld
10 Environmental management systems in the public sector: implementation, outcomes and key factors of success 164
Marie-France J. Waxin, Aaron Bartholomew, Sandra L. Knuteson, Fang Zhao and Areej Makda
11 Crisis management and administrative reforms: lessons from Hong Kong and Singapore 182
Anthony B. L. Cheung and Donald Low
12 From Weberian bureaucracy to digital government? Trajectories of administrative reform in Germany 207
Sabine Kuhlmann
13 Reforming public administration in Italy: continuity and change from 1861 to 2020 227
Edoardo Ongaro, Fabrizio Di Mascio, Guido Melis and Alessandro Natalini
14 The United States: the political context of administrative reform 247
Joel D. Aberbach and Bert A. Rockman
15 Hong Kong: a self-reforming civil service institution at a crossroads 270
Anthony B. L. Cheung
16 Public sector management reform in Japan: hybridization of old and new models or searching for a new model? 291
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
17 The United Kingdom: permanent revolution or muddling through? 311
Sam Warner, David Richards and Martin Smith
18 Public sector reform in Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 330
Gurmeet Singh and Neale Slack
19 New Zealand: reunifying the state and the (really, truly, this time) death of the New Zealand Model? 351
Shaun Francis Goldfinch
20 Public management reforms in Brazil: innovations, paralysis, and setbacks in the last 25 years 373
Pedro Cavalcante
21 Public administrative reform in Australia 390
John Halligan
22 Administrative reform in Canada: taking it to a new level or on hold? 411
David C. G. Brown
23 Chinese public administration reforms 432
Yijia Jing and Wenxue Fan
Index 450
1 The challenge of public administration reform: introduction to the Handbook of Public Administration Reform 1
Shaun Francis Goldfinch
2 Public sector reform and merit: principles, practices, and pushback 27
Catherine Althaus
3 Recruitment and selection practices that facilitate workforce diversity in the public sector 41
Marie-France J. Waxin, Fang Zhao and Angela Zacharias
4 Addressing workplace culture and abuse 57
Victor Sojo and Victoria Roberts
5 Integrity and misconduct in public office 77
Robert Gregory and Michael Macaulay
6 Finance and accounting: recent developments and challenges building efficiency and public accountability 90
Kiyoshi Yamamoto and Sabine Schührer
7 Digital exhaust or strategic asset? Navigating big data benefits and risks for public administration 111
Samantha Custer
8 Public sector innovation: which season of public sector reform? 131
Kai Wegrich
9 The challenges of healthcare delivery: lessons from reform in health administration 146
Robin Gauld
10 Environmental management systems in the public sector: implementation, outcomes and key factors of success 164
Marie-France J. Waxin, Aaron Bartholomew, Sandra L. Knuteson, Fang Zhao and Areej Makda
11 Crisis management and administrative reforms: lessons from Hong Kong and Singapore 182
Anthony B. L. Cheung and Donald Low
12 From Weberian bureaucracy to digital government? Trajectories of administrative reform in Germany 207
Sabine Kuhlmann
13 Reforming public administration in Italy: continuity and change from 1861 to 2020 227
Edoardo Ongaro, Fabrizio Di Mascio, Guido Melis and Alessandro Natalini
14 The United States: the political context of administrative reform 247
Joel D. Aberbach and Bert A. Rockman
15 Hong Kong: a self-reforming civil service institution at a crossroads 270
Anthony B. L. Cheung
16 Public sector management reform in Japan: hybridization of old and new models or searching for a new model? 291
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
17 The United Kingdom: permanent revolution or muddling through? 311
Sam Warner, David Richards and Martin Smith
18 Public sector reform in Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 330
Gurmeet Singh and Neale Slack
19 New Zealand: reunifying the state and the (really, truly, this time) death of the New Zealand Model? 351
Shaun Francis Goldfinch
20 Public management reforms in Brazil: innovations, paralysis, and setbacks in the last 25 years 373
Pedro Cavalcante
21 Public administrative reform in Australia 390
John Halligan
22 Administrative reform in Canada: taking it to a new level or on hold? 411
David C. G. Brown
23 Chinese public administration reforms 432
Yijia Jing and Wenxue Fan
Index 450
