A Critique of the "Administrative Reform Industry": Reform Is Important, but so Is Stability

Autor/in	Wettenhall, Roger
Titel	A Critique of the "Administrative Reform Industry": Reform Is Important, but so Is Stability
Quelle	In: Teaching Public Administration, 31 (2013) 2, S.149-164 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0144-7394
DOI	10.1177/0144739413488904
Schlagwörter	Public Administration; Administrative Change; Change Strategies; Criticism; Public Policy; Barriers; Performance Factors; Sustainability; Program Implementation; Developing Nations; Adoption (Ideas); Outcome Measures; Fidelity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Öffentliche Verwaltung; Lösungsstrategie; Kritik; Öffentliche Ordnung; Leistungsindikator; Nachhaltigkeit; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Ideas; Ideenfindung
Abstract	A big challenge to wise administrative reform is to ensure that reform does not threaten the organizational stability needed to ensure effective policy implementation and service delivery. There are of course many challenges, but this a vitally important one, and it is a main aim of this article to emphasize it. The article first presents a brief survey of the rise over the past 40 years of what is here called the "administrative reform industry". It then looks at several recent contributions to the discourse about administrative reform, and in that connection notes some worthwhile suggestions about reform strategies, and some warnings about things to avoid. While the treatment is primarily reflective, a few practical illustrations are included. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01