Anglo-Saxon Public Management and European Governance: The Case of Dutch Administrative Reforms

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As in most Western countries, the administrative reforms that have taken place in the Dutch administration have been primarily a response to the economic recession and the resulting public sector deficits. The larger the necessary budget cutbacks, the more inevitable the need for structural changes in government and administration. As the main rationale of the reforms was to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization and functioning of government, the reforms understandably tended to be managerial. As a consequence, the Dutch administrative reforms also seemed to reflect the common ‘managerial’ trend in most administrations throughout the Western world to adopt ...

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