Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface 1
4. Modernization of the State: Structural reforms and innovation strategies of the public sector
5. Preface 5
6. Part I: Structural reforms and innovation strategies in the public sector 7
7. 1. Strategic turning points in the public sector of OECD countries since the 1970s 9
8. 2. Comparing public-sector performance across OECD countries 17
9. 3. Redefining public-sector tasks at the interface between public and private service provision: Privatization, contracting out, the core responsibilities of the state 21
10. 4. A re-balancing of traditional design principles in the public sector and the basic principles of the new public management movement 39
11. Part II: the modernization of internal government structures 49
12. 1. The point of departure 53
13. 2. New demands on the state: The changed environment at the end of the twentieth century 57
14. 3. Aims of public-sector modernization policies in Germany 61
15. 4. Redefining public-sector tasks: Political task controlling 65
16. 5. Public-sector modernization: Raising efficiency and cooperation within networks 69
17. 6. The conditions of implementation of a modernization strategy 85
18. References 89
19. ‘Creative destruction’ of the public sector? Approching welfare markets in Sweden
20. Introduction 95
21. 1. Public administration reconstructed 103
22. 2. The local sector and community services 119
23. 3. Structural re-organization of social programs 127
24. 4. Private and commercial arrangements 141
25. 5. The welfare state — creatively destructed? 155
26. References 171
27. About the authors 173
28. Index 175