European Democratic Institutions and Administrations: Cohesion and Innovation in Times of Economic Crisis (1st ed. 2018)

Synopsis

This book presents the results of extensive international comparative research into the effects of the economic and financial crisis on democratic institutions and social cohesion policies. The collected studies describe and analyse the measures (often referred to as "reforms") adopted to counter the crisis and the effects of these measures.It investigates three areas: the impact on the functioning of institutions, with respect to the relationship between representative institutions and governments, and the organisational structure of administrations at national and local levels; the impact that the austerity policies on public spending have on social rights; and the impact on traditional instruments of public action (administrative simplification, public services delivering, the use of common assets).The general findings highlight the effect of reducing the administrative and government capacity of the democratic institutions: the public sector, rather than being innovative and made more effective, declines, offering increasingly poor public services and making bad decisions, fuelling substantive or formal privatisation solutions, which in turn cause further weakening.

Copyright:

2018

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9783319724935

Related ISBNs:

9783319724928

Publisher:

Springer International Publishing

Date of Addition:

06/21/22

Copyrighted By:

Springer International Publishing Switzerland and G.Giappichelli Editore

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Francesco Merloni

Edited by:

Alessandra Pioggia