The role of ideas and institutional change in Finnish public sector reform

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikko Niemelä ◽  
Arttu Saarinen
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Public Sector Reform ◽  
Sector Reform

scholarly journals The role of the ‘centre’ in public service reform

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-40
Author(s):  
Muiris MacCarthaigh
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Public Sector Reform ◽  
Sector Reform ◽  
Consistent Feature ◽  
Irish Case ◽  
The 1960S

AbstractAmongst his many interests in public administration, the practical and challenging task of implementing and evaluating public service reform has been a consistent feature of the oeuvre of research over Richard Boyle’s career (cf. Boyle, 2004, 2016; Boyle & Joyce, 1988; Boyle & Lemaire, 1999; Boyle & MacCarthaigh, 2011). In this article, the focus is on the role played by the ‘centre’ in public service reform both conceptually and in practice. The article first considers what is meant by the centre in Irish political– administrative life, before reflecting on how we might understand different forms of public sector reform governance and then applying them to the Irish case. The centre-led reforms that occurred between the 1960s up to the late 2000s are reviewed, before more recent efforts from 2011 up to the present are presented. A final section summarises the contribution.

scholarly journals Explaining the Policy Process Underpinning Public Sector Reform: The Role of Ideas, Institutions, and Timing

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolette van Gestel ◽  
Jean-Louis Denis ◽  
Ewan Ferlie ◽  
Aoife M McDermott
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Public Sector Reform ◽  
Sector Reform
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