CiNii Books - From the active to the enabling state : the changing role of top officials in European nations

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From the active to the enabling state : the changing role of top officials in European nations

edited by Edward C. Page and Vincent Wright

（Transforming government series）

Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : from the active to the enabling state / Edward C. Page and Vincent Wright
A case of amateurs and professionals : the role of the Greek senior civil service / Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos
The changing role of the Austrian civil service : the impact of politicisation, public sector reform, and Europeanisation / Wolfgang C. Müller
From incremental to copernican reform? : changes to the position and role of senior civil servants in the Belgian federal administration / Marleen Brans and Trui Steen
Italian democracy under threat? : the spoils system in historical perspective / Paola Mattei
The changing role of the senior civil service in Dutch national government / Fritz M. van der Meer and Jos C.N. Raadschelders
French top civil servants within changing configurations : from monopolization to contested places and roles? / Philippe Bezes and Patrick Le Lidec
German officials and the federal policy process : the decline of sectional leadership / Klaus Goetz
The changing role of the British senior civil service : challenge and reform / Charlotte Sausman and Rachel Locke
From managing the state to managing contingencies : changing roles of the senior civil service in Sweden / Jon Pierre
Conclusions : the demystification of high bureaucratic office / Edward C. Page and Vincent Wright