Introduction: the Nordic model in transition / Carsten Greve, Per Lægreid, and Lise H. Rykkja -- Data, methods, andsome structural andindividual characteristics / Per Lægreid and Lise Hi Rykkja -- Reform context andstatus / Carsten Greve and Niels Ejersbo -- Nordic administrative heritages andcontemporary institutional design/ Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg and Helena Wockelberg -- Roles, values, andmotivation / Turo Virtanen -- Administrative reform : processes, trends, andcontent / Per Lægreid and Lise H. Rykkja -- Relevance ofmanagement instruments / Niels Ejersbo and Carsten Greve -- Success in reforming administration : what matters? / Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson, Pétur Berg Matthíasson, and Turo Virtanen -- Managing the financial crisis / Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson and Pétur Berg Matthíasson -- The Nordic model revisited : active reformers and high performing public administrations / Carsten Greve, Per Lægreid, and Lise H. Rykkja.
Summary:
This title is based on a unique data set and assesses in comparative terms the public management reforms in the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Based on the assessments of administrative executives, it compares the Nordic countries with the Anglo-Saxon, the Germanic, the Napoleonic and the East European group of countries.
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