Public Policy and the Neo-Weberian State

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-73283-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 240 mm x 163 mm, Gewicht: 434 g

Reihe: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

The neo-Weberian state constitutes an attempt to combine the Weberian model of administration with the principles laid down during the retreat from the bureaucratic management paradigm (new public management and public governance). The concept of neo-Weberian state involves changing the model of operation of administrative structures from an inward-oriented one, focused on compliance with internal rules, into a model focused on meeting citizens’ needs (not by resorting to commercialisation, as is the case with new public management, but by building appropriate quality of administration).

This book discusses the context of the neo-Weberian approach and its impact on the processes of societal transformation. Further, it identifies and systematises the theoretical and functional elements of the approach under consideration. This volume includes comparative analyses of the neo-Weberian state and public management paradigms. In the empirical part of the work, its authors review selected policies (economic, innovation, industrial, labour, territorial, urban management, and health) from the perspective of tools typical of the neo-Weberian approach. This part also includes a critical scrutiny of changes which have taken place in the framework of selected policies in recent decades. The study assesses the appropriateness of the neo-Weberian approach to the management of public affairs regarding countries which have modernised their public administrations in its spirit. One of the aims of this analysis is to answer the question whether the application of neo-Weberian ideas may result in qualitative changes in the context of public policies. The final part of the book covers implications for public management resulting from the concept of neo-Weberian state.

Public Policy and the Neo-Weberian State is suitable for researchers and students who study political economy, public policy and modern political theory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mazur, Stanislaw

Kopycinski, Piotr

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations

List of contributors

Introduction

STANISLAW MAZUR AND PIOTR KOPYCINSKI

PART I The neo-Weberian state: fundamental principles

1 The origins of and trends in the neo-Weberian approach

MAREK CWIKLICKI AND STANISLAW MAZUR

2 The social and political context of the neo-Weberian state

MICHAL MOZDZEN AND MICHAL ZABINSKI

3 The neo-Weberian state and paradigms of public management

STANISLAW MAZUR AND MAREK ORAMUS

PART II The neo-Weberian state and public policies

4 The neo-Weberian approach in economic policy

TOMASZ GEODECKI

5 The neo-Weberian approach in innovation policy

PIOTR KOPYCINSKI

6 The neo-Weberian public management model in the context of labour market policy in Poland

MACIEJ FRACZEK

7 The neo-Weberian approach in industrial policy

LUKASZ MAMICA

8 The neo-Weberian approach in health policy in selected countries

JACEK KLICH

9 The neo-Weberian approach in territorial policy

PIOTR KOPYCINSKI

10 The neo-Weberian approach as a public management model in urban areas

MICHAL KUDLACZ

Conclusion: the neo-Weberian concept of state and its implications for public management

PAWEL BIALYNICKI-BIRULA, JAKUB GLOWACKI AND JACEK KLICH

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stanislaw Mazur is Professor at the Cracow University of Economics, Faculty of Public Economy and Administration, Poland, and is Dean of the Faculty of Public Economy and Administration.
Piotr Kopycinski is Assistant Professor at the Cracow University of Economics, Faculty of Public Economy and Administration, Poland, and is an expert in more than 20 research and implementation projects in the analysis of public policy, innovation, local and regional development.