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The management strategies of public service employers in Europe
Author(s) -
Bach Stephen,
Della Rocca Giuseppe
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2338.00149
Subject(s) - interpretation (philosophy) , public service , convergence (economics) , new public management , public management , public administration , service (business) , political science , public sector , business , economy , economics , economic growth , law , computer science , programming language
This article examines the reform of public services management in Europe drawing on material from Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. It considers the limitations of interpreting changing public service employment relations in terms of a convergence towards the new public management and outlines an alternative interpretation of these reforms.