Public Sector Employment Regimes : Transformations of the State as an Employer

Gottschall, Karin and Hils, Sylvia and Kittel, Bernhard and Streb, Sebastian and Tepe, Markus and Briken, Kendra (2015) Public Sector Employment Regimes : Transformations of the State as an Employer. Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., London. ISBN 9780230337152

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Abstract

Public employment regimes are changing. New forms of service provision based on performance assessment have replaced the traditional model of the civil servant who offers obedience and loyalty in exchange for privileged employment conditions. This book explores the extent to which the material and ideological driving forces of change have actually resulted in a transformation of public employment regimes in Western countries. By analyzing reform processes in energy market regulation, waste collection, and the police in Germany, France, and Sweden, and contrasting these against the implementation of New Public Management in the United Kingdom, the authors show how institutional structures, legal traditions, functional requirements of specific public services, and labour market conditions have influenced the pathways of reform. They demonstrate how public employment regimes have unravelled in different domains of public service, contesting the idea that the state remains a 'good' and 'model' employer.

  • Item type:Book
    ID code:53467
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    4 November 2015
    Published
    1 October 2015
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    Notes:Gottschall, K., Hils, S., Kittel, B., Streb, S., Tepe, M., & Briken, K. (2015). Public Sector Employment Regimes: Transformations of the State as an Employer. Palgrave Macmillian. reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan This extract is taken from the author's original manuscript and has not been edited. The definitive, published, version of record is available here: http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/public-sector-employment-regimes-karin-gottschall/?sf1=barcode&st1=9780230337152.
    Subjects:Social Sciences > Industries. Land use. Labor > Management. Industrial Management
    Department:Strathclyde Business School > Work, Organisation and Employment
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:23 Jun 2015 15:14
    Last modified:14 Apr 2024 00:17
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/53467
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