This introduction into comparative public administration provides an in-depth analysis of the
state of public administration and recent administrative reforms in European countries. By …

The goal of this contribution is to discuss the application of the principal–agent framework to
the study of interactions between elected politicians–the principal–and independent …

Following World War II, Sweden earned the reputation of being one of the most modernized
countries in the world. This adherence to a modernist ideology is clearly recognizable in …

This article examines the influence of E uropeanization on the relationship between
ministries and agencies at the national level. The core argument is that the differentiated …

There is an extensive literature on the proliferation of agencies and the delegation of
authority to such bodies across different countries. Much of this research asks whether New …

European co-ordination is pivotal for an effective regulation of the common market, and
European administrative networks are currently mushrooming. Recent quantitative empirical …

Through recurrent structural reform programmes governments are on a quest to design
public organizations that will stand the test of their environment. One of the approaches to …

Despite the expansion of the regulatory agency model in Brazil since 1996, specialized
literature has raised concerns that the autonomy of the country's regulators has been …

Die Bundesministerien nehmen bei der Initiierung und Formulierung politischer Vorhaben
der Bundesregierung eine zentrale Rolle ein. Dies wirft immer wieder die Frage nach dem …

Alongside the introduction of research evaluation systems (Whitley and Gläser, 2007) and
the restructuring of public-sector research (Paradeise et al., 2009), a major change in the …