..., decentralization, debureaucratization and depoliticization. In addition, no single study exists regarding agencification in Greece; thus, the paper is the first to provide an overall view of the Greek arm's length bodies. Agencification has been linked with state reform and re-organization programs that were...

...Maria Elena Santagati; Sara Bonini Baraldi; Luca Zan Purpose Decentralization is a widespread and international phenomenon in public administration. Despite the interest of public management scholars, an in-depth analysis of the interrelationship between two of its forms – deconcentration...

... on the status of performance-based pay in 25 countries, and Meyer and Hammerschmid (2010) , who documented decentralization in human resource management (HRM) in 27 European countries. In a similar vein, this study covers a wider range of managerial practices across approximately 65 economies. Education...

...Elona Guga Purpose An attempt will be made to shed light on the course and pattern of the decentralization process by analyzing the historical development of local government and the territorial-administrative reform of 2015-2020 in Albania and the factors that have been shaping it. The scope...

... as higher levels of government (Souza, 2004 , p. 2). Therewith, the Brazilian federalism has special features with regard to its political and administration system and the extent to which the federal system decentralizes authority and independence to states, metropolitan regions, and municipalities...

... – The paper is a critical analyses of the sustainability of local government system in Nordic countries. It discusses the possible negative consequences of the overemphasis of the welfare role of local government. Local government Decentralization Local government reform Amalgamations Nordic model...

... sector, based on the main lines of the public administration reform. The data were supplemented by documentary analysis, including legislative documents and papers in specialized area of administrative decentralization and civil society participation in local public policies. Findings – The paper...

...Ian Roberge; David K. Jesuit; Charles Conteh Purpose This paper aims to analyze the opportunities and challenges of public policy governance in industrialized democracies in the context of a globally integrated economy on the one hand and institutional decentralization on the other...

... UP Limited 2001 Competition Spain Insurance Decentralization Work‐related injury In Spain, as in the majority of its neighbouring countries, the safeguarding of health in the workplace is a constitutional right[1]. Although all companies are obliged to insure their employees...

...Godwin Awio; Deryl Northcott Like a number of other developing countries in recent years, Uganda has adopted a decentralized management structure for its public sector. Along with this restructuring came the devolution of budgetary responsibilities. Presents findings from a study of the impact...

.... Decentralization Local government Local government reform Public administration Reorganization Strategic management The competing pressures of centralisation and decentralisation have long been an issue in the management of UK local government. During the Conservative years, the increasingly...

...P.S. Reddy; T. Sabelo Local government is the second or third tier of government deliberately created to bring government to the grassroots population, as well as give its members a sense of involvement in the political process that controls their daily lives. Decentralization is a natural...

... in development: local public administration, 1870‐1950; central Welfare State, 1950‐1980; and decentralized provision, 1980‐1995. Goes on to argue that, in order to understand this sequence, and especially the emergence of centralized public provision, it is necessary to discuss modes of delivery of services...