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PublisherPanorama Scholarly Group Limited
Place of PublicationHong Kong
Year2025
ISBN978-3-987650-04-4
LanguageEnglish
Pages356
FormatHardcover, PDF eBook
TypeMonograph
StatusForthcoming
Subject Area
Public AdministrationPublic PolicyPolitical Science
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Public Administration Reform in Post-Industrial Societies

Institutional Change, Legitimacy, and Democratic Accountability

By Klaus Hoffmann

Panorama Scholarly Group Limited, 2025

Book Description

Drawing on three decades of administrative reform across Western Europe and North America, Klaus Hoffmann offers a systematic comparative analysis of how post-industrial states have attempted to restructure public administration in response to fiscal pressure, technological change, and declining public trust. The monograph situates administrative reform within broader narratives of state transformation and challenges both managerialist and neo-institutionalist accounts with an original framework centred on democratic legitimacy.

Table of Contents

  1. Preface
  2. 1. The Reformation Imperative: Why States Reform Administration
  3. 2. Theoretical Frameworks: From NPM to Post-NPM
  4. 3. Fiscal Pressure and Structural Adjustment
  5. 4. Digitalisation and the Reconfiguration of Public Services
  6. 5. Democratic Legitimacy and Administrative Change
  7. 6. Case Studies: Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Canada
  8. 7. Cross-National Comparisons and Generalisable Findings
  9. 8. Conclusions: A Framework for Reform Assessment
  10. Bibliography
  11. Index

About the Author

Klaus Hoffmann

Prof. Klaus Hoffmann is Professor of Public Administration at the Leinburg School of Governance. He is the author of The Administrative State in Transition: A Comparative Analysis (2017) and has advised public sector reform commissions in several European governments.

How to Cite

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Hoffmann, Klaus. 2025. Public Administration Reform in Post-Industrial Societies: Institutional Change, Legitimacy, and Democratic Accountability. Hong Kong: Panorama Scholarly Group Limited.

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