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Recommended Book for the Whole Course:
Kuhlmann, S./Wollmann, H., 2014: Introduction to Comparative Public Administration. Administrative Systems and Reforms in Europe. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Session 1: Local Government Systems in Europe (Thursday, 27 November 2014, 12.00-13.20)
Objectives: An introduction to different local government systems and in concepts of comparative local government studies
Required Reading:
Kuhlmann, S./Wollmann, H., 2014: Introduction to Comparative Public Administration. Administrative Systems and Reforms in Europe. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 9-28.
Recommended Readings for students’ presentation:
Baldersheim, H./Wollmann, H. (eds.), 2006: The comparative study of local government and politics: overview and synthesis. Opladen. Denters, B./Rose, L. E. (eds.), 2005: Comparing Local Governance. Trends and Developments. Houndmills et al. Goldsmith, M.J./Page, E.C., 2010 : Changing Government Relations in Europe: From Localism to Intergovernmentalism. London/New York. Heinelt, H./Hlepas, N.-K., 2006: Typologies of Local Government Systems. In: Bäck, H./Heinelt, H./Magnier, A. (eds.): The European Mayor. Wiesbaden, 21-42. Wollmann, H. et al., 2010: The multi-level institutional setting in Germany, Italy, France and the UK: a comparative overview. In: Wollmann, H./Marcou, G. (Hrsg.): The Provision of Public Services in Europe. Between state, local government and market. Cheltenham/Northampton: Edward Elgar, pp. 15-48.
Session 2: Local government reforms and decentralization from a comparative perspective (Thursday, 27 November 2014, 13.30-14.50)
Objectives: Provide an overview on decentralization concepts, implementation strategies and results. Different country profiles of reforms will be analyzed and compared.
Required Reading:
Kuhlmann, S./Grohs, S./Bogumil, J.: Reforming public administration in multi-level-systems: an evaluation of performance changes in European local governments. In: Bohne, E./Graham, J.D./Raadschelders, J.C.N. (Hrsg.): Trends in the Modern State. Palgrave McMillan (forthcoming).
Recommended Readings for students’ presentation: Kuhlmann, S./Wollmann, H., 2014: Introduction to Comparative Public Administration. Administrative Systems and Reforms in Europe. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp.132-150. Reiter, Renate et al., 2010: Impacts of decentralization: The French experience in a comparative perspective, in: French Politics, vol. 8, no. 2, S. 166-189. Thoenig, J.-C., 2005: Territorial Administration and Political Control: Decentralization in France. In: Public Administration, vol. 83, no. 3, S. 685-708. Wollmann, H., 2004: Local Government Reforms in Great Britain, Sweden, Germany and France: Between Multi-function and Single Purpose Organisations. In: Local Government Studies 20/4, S. 639-665.
Session 3: New Public Management reforms at sub-national levels of government (Thursday, 27 November 2014, 15.00-16.20)
Objectives: Introduce the NPM-reform agenda and analyze privatization attempts from a comparative perspective.
Required Reading: Pollitt, C./Bouckaert, G., 2011: Public Management Reform. A Comparative Analysis - New Public Management, Governance, and the Neo-Weberian State. 3rd ed. Oxford, pp. 47-74. Recommended Readings for students’ presentation:
Kersting, N./Vetter, A., 2003 (eds.): Reforming Local Government in Europe. Opladen. Kuhlmann, S., 2010: New Public Management for the "Classical Continental European Administration": Modernization at the Local Level in Germany, France, and Italy. In: Public Administration. Vol. 88, No. 4, 1116-1130. Kuhlmann, S./Wollmann, H., 2014: Introduction to Comparative Public Administration. Administrative Systems and Reforms in Europe. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 36-53.
Session 4: Benchmarking and Performance Management at the Sub-national Level of Government (Friday, 28 November 2014, 12.00-13.20)
Objectives: The session will discuss benchmarking activities of at the local level of government in various (Western) European countries and analyze their virtues and flaws.
Required Reading:
Kuhlmann, S./Jäkel, T., 2013: Competing, Collaborating or Controlling? Benchmarking-Regimes in European Local Governments from a Comparative Perspective. In: Public Money and Management, July 2013, S. 269-276. Recommended Readings for students’ presentation:
Kuhlmann, S., 2010: Performance Measurement in European local governments: a comparative analysis of reform experiences in Great Britain, France, Sweden and Germany. In: International Review of Administrative Sciences, 76(2), pp. 331-345. Kuhlmann, S./Wollmann, H., 2014: Introduction to Comparative Public Administration. Administrative Systems and Reforms in Europe. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 226-239. Van Dooren, W./Bouckaert, G./Halligan, J., 2010: Performance Management in the public sector. Routledge, pp. 37-75, 96-115, 131-174. Bouckaert, G./Halligan, J., 2008: Managing Performance. International Comparisons. New York. Martin, S./Downe, J./Grace, C./Nutley, S., 2010: Validity, Utilization and Evidence-Based Policy: The Development and Impact of Performance Improvement Regimes in Local Public Services. Evaluation, 16, 1, pp. 31-42.
Session 5: Local Democracy and Participation (Friday, 28 November 2014, 13.30-14.50)
Objectives: Examine various forms of local democracy and local political systems from a comparative pint of view. The introduction of new participatory elements and their impact on local decision-making will be discussed.
Required Reading:
Wollmann, H., 2008: Reforming Local Leadership and Local Democracy: The Cases of England, Sweden, Germany and France in Comparative Perspective. In: Local Government Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, S. 279-298.
Recommended Readings for students’ presentation:
Bäck, H./Heinelt, H./Magnier, A. (eds.), 2006: The European Mayor. Wiesbaden. Prémat, C., The growing use of referenda in local politics: a comparison of France and Germany, in: H. Reynert et al. (ed.), Revolution or renovation? Reforming local Politics in Europe, Brügge 2005, 185-213. Rao, N., 2003: Options for Change: Mayors, Cabinets or the Status Quo? In: Local Government Studies, vol. 29, no. 1, 1-16. Vetter, A., 2006: Modernizing German Local Government: Bringing the People Back in. In: Hoffmann-Martinot, V./Wollmann, H. (eds.): State and Local Government Reforms in France and Germany. Divergence and Convergence. Wiesbaden, 253-268. Poslední úprava: Jüptner Petr, PhDr., Ph.D. (10.10.2014)
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Teacher: prof. Sabine Kühlmann (University of Potsdam) Language: english Schedule: 5 lectures in block 27-28th November according published schedule Requirements: participation on 75% of lectures, seminar work Poslední úprava: Jüptner Petr, PhDr., Ph.D. (10.10.2014)
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Local Government and Administrative Modernization from a comparative perspective The course imparts knowledge about local government systems and administrative modernization, particularly at the local level of government, from a (Western) European cross-country-comparative perspective. Students receive an overview of the institutional structures, the functional responsibilities and the decision-making processes at the local level of government as well as on pertinent conceptual approaches to study comparative local government. Moreover, the course enables students to analyze various reform concepts and results. These include institutional reforms in the multi-level system as well as reforms in service delivery, management and the organization of sub-national administrations. Have the reforms left behind lasting traces in the direction of a new managerial (NPM-)administration? Has a paradigm shift from the "Weberian" bureaucracy to the New Public Management occurred so far? Can we also observe unintended consequences of reform or even a re-emergence of the "Weberian" administration? We will also focus on territorial and functional reforms (decentralization, de-concentration, amalgamation, cooperation, shared services) and participatory reforms, such as the introduction of direct democracy (referenda, direct election of the mayors) and other instruments of citizen involvement (consultation, "user democracy" etc.). Each session is composed of lectures (40 min), providing an introduction into the topic, followed by students’ presentations (20 min) and discussions (20 min). Poslední úprava: Jüptner Petr, PhDr., Ph.D. (10.10.2014)
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