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This critical and empirically based volume examines the multiple
existing Nordic models, providing analytically innovative attention
to the multitude of circulating ideas, images and experiences
referred to as "Nordic". It addresses related paradoxes as well as
patterns of circulation, claims about the exceptionality of Nordic
models, and the diffusion and impact of Nordic experiences and
ideas. Providing original case studies, the book further examines
how the Nordic models have been constructed, transformed and
circulated in time and in space. It investigates the actors and
channels that have been involved in circulating models: journalists
and media, bureaucrats and policy-makers, international
organizations, national politicians and institutions, scholars,
public diplomats and analyses where and why models have travelled.
Finally, the book shows that Nordic models, perspectives, or ideas
do not always originate in the Nordic region, nor do they always
develop as deliberate efforts to promote Nordic interests. This
book will be of key interest to Nordic and Scandinavian studies,
European studies, and more broadly to history, sociology, political
science, marketing, social policy, organizational theory and public
management. The Open Access version of this book, available at
http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0
license.
New Public Management has held a central position within public
administration over the past few decades, complemented by various
models promoting post-bureaucratic organization. But 'traditional'
bureaucracy has not disappeared, and bureaucracy is in transition
in the West and the rest of the world. Bureaucracies still fill
crucial positions in modern societies, despite growing criticism of
assumed inefficiencies and unlimited growth. This volume examines a
range of issues related to bureaucracies in transition across
Europe, with a particular focus on the Nordic region. Chapters
examine a range of topics including a reinterpretation of Weber's
conception of bureaucracy; the historical development of
institutions and organizational structures in Sweden and Greece;
the myth of bureaucratic neutrality and the concept of 'competent
neutrality'; performance management systems; the anti-bureaucratic
identities of senior civil servants; the role of experts and
expertise in bureaucratic organizations; the impact of reform on
public sector executives; the curbing of corruption in Scandinavian
states; an interrogation of the Nordic administrative model;
Supreme Audit Institutions; 'street-level' bureaucracy; and the
establishment of an 'ethics of office' amongst Danish civil
servants.
The book examines how industrial leaders met the challenge from the
democratic movements and how this affected democratisation
processes and management models in the Nordic region.
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