Routledge Handbook to Accountability and Welfare State Reforms in Europe

Taylor & Francis

The Routledge Handbook to Accountability and Welfare State Reforms in EuropeAuthor(s): Tom Christensen, Per Lgreid\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781472470591, 978-1472470591\nSynopsis\nThere is growing concern that welfare states are inefficient, unsustainable and lack popular support. New Public Management reforms affected the balance between managerial and political accountability and disrupted administrative, legal, professional and social accountability, causing confusion as to whom public organizations are really accountable. \n\nThe Routledge Handbook to Accountability and Welfare State Reforms in Europe assesses multi-dimensional accountability relations in depth, addressing the dynamic between accountability and reforms. Analyzing how welfare state reforms oriented towards agencification, managerialism and marketization affected existing relationships in services traditionally provided by public instituti.