The long and winding road towards the EU policy of support to Member States public administration reform: History (2000-2021) and prospects

被引:2
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作者
Ongaro, Edoardo [1 ]
机构
[1] Open Univ, Fac Business & Law, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, Bucks, England
关键词
Europeanisation; European integration; EU-driven public sector reform; multi-level governance; policy entrepreneurship; public administration reform;
D O I
10.1177/09520767221117689
中图分类号
C93 [管理学]; D035 [国家行政管理]; D523 [行政管理]; D63 [国家行政管理];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ; 1204 ; 120401 ;
摘要
This paper provides an account of how the European Union (EU), and notably the European Commission (EC), has become an actor in its own right in the field of the reform of administration and public services management in Europe, by developing an approach to support Member States in their initiatives to improve public administration and public services. We qualify this process - occurred over the period 2000-2021, with a tremendous acceleration in the second decade - as a twofold paradigmatic change: because (i) this is a novel field of action for the EU itself; and because (ii) the very logic driving the EU role shifted dramatically from a logic of conditionality (or compliance with aspects of the acquis) in the early phase to a radically different logic of enabling and facilitating administrative reforms, on the ground, in a later phase and prospectively. We interpret the paradigmatic shift that has occurred through a combination of theoretical perspectives: policy learning; policy entrepreneurship within the Commission; the opening of an opportunity window for policy change to occur; and the consolidation of a new policy sub-system in the field. We deem this change to constitute a step forward in the process of European integration.
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