European Democratic Institutions and Administrations
Cohesion and Innovation in Times of Economic Crisis
This book presents the results of extensive international comparative research into the effects of the economic and financial crisis on democratic institutions and social cohesion policies. The collected studies describe and analyse the measures (often referred to as "reforms") adopted to counter the crisis and the effects of these measures.It investigates three areas: the impact on the functioning of institutions, with respect to the relationship between representative institutions and governments, and the organisational structure of administrations at national and local levels; the impact that the austerity policies on public spending have on social rights; and the impact on traditional instruments of public action (administrative simplification, public services delivering, the use of common assets).The general findings highlight the effect of reducing the administrative and government capacity of the democratic institutions: the public sector, rather than beinginnovative and made more effective, declines, offering increasingly poor public services and making bad decisions, fuelling substantive or formal privatisation solutions, which in turn cause further weakening.
This book presents the results of extensive international comparative research into the effects of the economic and financial crisis on democratic institutions and social cohesion policies. The collected studies describe and analyse the measures (often referred to as "reforms") adopted to counter the crisis and the effects of these measures.It investigates three areas: the impact on the functioning of institutions, with respect to the relationship between representative institutions and governments, and the organisational structure of administrations at national and local levels; the impact that the austerity policies on public spending have on social rights; and the impact on traditional instruments of public action (administrative simplification, public services delivering, the use of common assets).The general findings highlight the effect of reducing the administrative and government capacity of the democratic institutions: the public sector, rather than being innovative and made more effective, declines, offering increasingly poor public services and making bad decisions, fuelling substantive or formal privatisation solutions, which in turn cause further weakening.
| ISBN: | 9783319724928 |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Herausgeber: | Merloni, Francesco Pioggia, Alessandra |
| Verlag: | Springer Nature EN |
| Veröffentlicht: | 13.09.2018 |
| Untertitel: | Cohesion and Innovation in Times of Economic Crisis |
| Schlagworte: | B Comparative Politics Conflict of Laws EU (European Union) Economic & financial crises & disasters Economic history Europa European Union European Union Politics European law Financial Crises Financial History History: specific events & topics International Law Law and Criminology Law—Europe Political Science Politics & government Private International Law Public Administration Wirtschaftsgeschichte comparative law |
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