New book on the modernization of the public sector by professor Carsten Greve and professor Niels Ejersbo

New book on the modernization of the public sector by professor Carsten Greve and professor Niels Ejersbo

The modernization of the public sector has constantly been on the agenda since 1983 when the first Danish modernization program was presented. All governments have since followed the same track, and although each decade has its version of the modernization program, all measures remained within and set by an overall framework: financial accountability and change.

With this book Academic Director at the PP Platform Carsten Greve and co-author professor Niels Ejersbo provide a historic overview of how modernization has progressed and how it can be interpreted. The book examines the key reform measures and management policy in the period from 1983-2013. Besides documenting the modernization of the public sector, the book also touch upon the shift from New Public Management to a new model with more emphasis on centralization and digitization. Greve and Ejersbo have conducted research in public management and organization for several years, and the book provides great insight into the subject of public policy and public management. The book is an updated and expanded third edition of the book, first published in 2005. Find more information.