Index
Bureaucracy and Society in Transition
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(2018), "Index", Bureaucracy and Society in Transition (Comparative Social Research, Vol. 33), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 287-298. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0195-631020180000033004
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INDEX
Aarhus University
, 147
Absolute states, growth of
, 183–184
Accountability
, 228, 229, 231, 237–239
Accounting, setting up new procedures for
, 195–196
Administrative bureaucracy
, 24–25
Administrative ethnography
, 93, 94
Administrative order
, 143
Administrative reforms
, 195
content
, 214
management instruments
, 214–215
in New Public Management
, 212–215
process
, 212
trends
, 212–213
Administrative traditions
, 3–4, 159, 161, 170–172
and public executive identities
, 163–164
Agencification
, 206, 217, 221
Agenda-setting roles of bureaucracy
, 210, 211
Algeria, French administration in
, 56
Ambiguous society
, 54, 56, 61–64
Andersen, Agnes
, 255
Anglo-Saxon liberal tradition, and public executive identities
, 163, 170
Anglo-Saxon Model
, 3
Anti-administrative impulse
, 14
Anti-bureaucratic identities
, 109–135
action
, 121–122
autonomy and discretion
, 119–120
comparison of discourse and practice
, 115–117
custodians of rule-bound government versus result-oriented entrepreneurs
, 112–115
flexibility, variation and unpredictability
, 122–124
framings of more or less influential professional norms, disentangling
, 131–134
hierarchy of everyday bureaucratic practices
, 127–128
outcome orientation
, 118–119
power
, 121
restricted autonomy and power
, 128–131
routine, procedurality and predictability
, 125–127
self-presentations
, 117–118
Weberian ideal type
, 124–125
working in a non-hierarchical environment
, 120–121
Anti-corruption
, 181
Audits, setting up new procedures for
, 195–196
Australia
administrative reforms in public management
, 215
Austria
role identities of public executive identities
, 169, 170
Authoritarianism
, 258
Autonomy
, 5, 7, 112, 114, 119–120, 218, 246–250, 252, 257–261
high managerial
, 209
restricted
, 128–131
state
, 40–44
Baldwin, Peter
, 251
Benchmarking
, 218
Berlin, Isiah
, 258
Bi-dimensional construct, public sector role identity as
, 159–161
Blair, Tony
, 251
Blau, Peter
, 16, 19
Bo Smith Committee
, 276, 282n4
BRICS
, 7
Britain
administrative reforms in public management
, 215
anti-bureaucratic identities
, 111, 112, 115–121, 123–125, 128–131, 134
bureaucratic infrastructures, reforms effect on
, 6
entry into European Economic Community
, 150
hierarchical coordination
, 210
Ministry of Culture
, 120
perceptions of neutral competence
, 77–82
role identities of public executive identities
, 170
service provider identity
, 4
state bureaucracy
, 27, 30
Treasury
, 116, 118
Bure, Anders
, 45
Bureaucracy in transition
, 1–9
Bureaucracy theory
, 1, 15, 25
in Europe, reception of
, 18–20
textbook version of
, 20–21
Bureaucratic ethos
, 6
Bureaucratic hierarchy
, 127–128
Bureaucratic identities
, 5–6
Bureaucratic infrastructures, reforms effect on
, 6
Bureaucratic neutrality
, 5
Bureaucratic rationality
, 8
Bureaucratic roles
, 210–211
Bureaucratic self-sufficiency
, 5
Cages of Reason
, 27
Career paths
, 2
Cases to Seven Central Obligations
, 276
Charles XII, King
, 50
Child mortality
, 42
Christian III, King
, 181–182
Christian V, King
, 188
Church Law of 1686 (Sweden)
, 49
Cicero
, 269
Çiftlik land
, 53
Citizens’ participation
, 213
Civil servants
appointment of
, 185–186
ideal civil servant, changing conceptions of
, 274–275
identity
, 4
legal regulations for
, 187–189
reactions to external control
, 233–239
salaries and pensions for
, 197–198
Civil service
, 5, 73
Civil society
, 258, 259
COCOPS (Coordination of Cohesion in the Public Sector of the Future) survey
, 159, 164–165, 171, 207, 222n, 1, 227
Codes of conduct
, 218
Codex VII: Seven Central Obligations
, 266–268
ethical training and education
, 276–278
‘ethics of office’ perspective
, 266, 269–272, 277, 278
ethics training, for public servants
, 279
ideal civil servant, changing conceptions of
, 274–275
organisational conditions, changing
, 272–273
political-administrative responsibility, obscuring
, 279–280
terms of employment
, 272–273
Codification
, 267, 269, 281
Collaboration
, 213
Collin, Jonas
, 196
Common good motivation
, 211
Comparative public administration
, 77–82
Competence-based public service bargains
, 140
Competent neutrality
, 72–73, 76, 82–86
Conditionality
, 248
Confrontation
, 258
Constrained partisanship
, 75
Continental Federal Model
, 3
Continental Napoleonic Model
, 3
Cooperation
, 213
Corrosion of Character
, 28
Corruption
, 181, 185–187, 189, 196–200
in Denmark
, 191–193
in Norway
, 193–195
in Sweden
, 193–195
Cost-accounting systems
, 218
Craft administration
, 25
Creativity
, 114
Croatia, bureaucratic roles
, 210
Crosscutting cleavages
, 248, 256–260
Crown’s Books
, 48–50
Cultural identity
, 249
Cutting red tape
, 213
Death of bureaucracy
, 3
Decentralisation
, 215, 218
Decorum officiale
, 273, 274
Democracy
, 4
Democratic legitimacy
, 74
Denmark
, 7–8
accounting and audits, setting up new procedures for
, 195–196
civil servants, salaries and pensions for
, 197–198
codex solution, in central administration
, 265–282
corruption in
, 191–193
Danish Economic Council
, 145
Danish Law of
, 1683, 187–188
Danish Tax and Customs Administration
, 90, 93, 95, 96, 103–105
Economic Secretariat
, 146
economist’s role in government bureaucracies
, 143–148
legal and administrative reforms in
, 195
Ministry of Economy
, 147
Ministry of Finance
, 147, 148
Ministry of Taxation
, 147, 148
National Board of Industrial Injuries
, 90
National Danish Audit Office
, 95, 96
new penal codes, adoption of
, 196
outcome-based performance management systems
adaption to local contingencies
, 103–104
negative VAT, 55% hit rate of
, 91, 96, 97–98
negative VAT, auditing claims for
, 90–91, 95–97
relations to existing literature
, 104–105
perceptions of neutral competence
, 77–82
politicisation
, 218
role identities of public executive identities
, 170
Social Democrats
, 145, 146
Social Liberal Party
, 145
Supreme Audit Institutions
, 236–237
De officiis
, 269
Dertilis, George
, 55
Digitalisation
, 8–9, 213
Discretion
, 119–120, 247
Disillusionment
, 248
Division of labour
, 42
Division of power
, 8
Double-checking
, 126–127
Double loop learning
, 226, 231, 239–240
Downsizing
, 217
Due process
, 158
Eastern European tradition, and public executive identities
, 163–164, 170
East European Model
, 3
École Nationale d’Administration (ENA)
, 116, 141
Economic knowledge
, 147
Economists in government bureaucracies, role of
, 139–154
Denmark (1930–1990)
, 143–148
Ireland (1930–1990)
, 148–152
New Zealand (1930–1990)
, 148–152
Norway (1930–1990)
, 143–148
professions in public bureaucracies, position of
, 141–143
Economy and Society
, 15, 23
Economy registration
, 47–50, 62
Education
, 276–278
Educational background
, 189–190
Effectiveness
, 7
Efficiency versus rationality
, 21–22
e-government
, 213
Elite politicians
, 255
Enlightenment, the
, 188
Enskifte
, 47
Entrepreneurial manager
, 114
Entrepreneurship
, 252
Estonia
bureaucratic roles
, 210
role identities of public executive identities
, 164, 170
Supreme Audit Institutions
, 228, 230, 236–237
Ethical training
, 276–278
‘Ethics of office’ perspective
, 266, 269–272, 277, 278
Ethics training, for public servants
, 279
Ethnicity
, 249
Ethnographic interviewing
, 117
Europe
bureaucracy theory in, reception of
, 18–20
North–South divide in
, 219–221
European Economic Community (EEC)
, 150
Europeanisation
, 71
European Union
, 8
External partnership
, 213
Fachkompetenzen
, 71, 84
Faggot, Jacob
, 46
Fairness
, 4, 7
Family reunification
, 267
Fear of formality
, 2–3
Fianna Fáil
, 150
Fine Gael
, 150
Finland
managerial autonomy
, 218
role identities of public executive identities
, 170
First World War
, 149
Fiscal-military state
, 183
France
anti-bureaucratic identities
, 111–113, 115–117, 119–125, 127, 129–131, 134, 135n3
chefs de bureau, French Ministry of Finance
, 113, 120
École Nationale d’Administration
, 141
French Revolution
, 192–193
ideal type of bureaucracy
, 19
role identities of public executive identities
, 169
service provider identity
, 4
state bureaucracy
, 27, 30
Frederik III, King
, 183
Frederik IV
, 185
Frederik VI
, 193
Frisch, Ragnar
, 144
Fukuyama, Francis
, 41
Fundamentalism
, 258
Germanic tradition, and public executive identities
, 164, 170
Germany
ideal type of bureaucracy
, 19
role identities of public executive identities
, 169, 170
service provider identity
, 4
Globalisation
, 71
Goal displacement
, 2, 5, 8, 17
Good governance
, 19, 28, 111
Gouldner, Alvin
, 16, 18, 19
Governance capacity
, 8
Government bureaucracies, role of economists in
, 139–154
Denmark (1930–1990)
, 143–148
Ireland (1930–1990)
, 148–152
New Zealand (1930–1990)
, 148–152
Norway (1930–1990)
, 143–148
professions in public bureaucracies, position of
, 141–143
Great Depression
, 149
Great Northern War
, 184, 185
Greco-Turkish War of
, 1922, 53
Greece
distant taxation
, 55–60, 62
Greek Statistical Bureau
, 59
Greek statistics
, 41
land ownership
, 51–55, 62
registration system in municipalities
, 58
state infrastructural capacities, building
, 39–65
state–society relations, ambiguity of
, 55–60, 62, 64
Gustav II Adolf
, 44
Gustav Vasa, King
, 48, 181
Handbook of Public Administration
, 140
Herrschaft
, 29
Herrschaftsverband
, 29
Hierarchical coordination
, 209–210
High managerial autonomy
, 209
Historical contingencies
, 61, 63, 64
Hungary
bureaucratic roles
, 210
formality of bureaucracy, fear of
, 2
role identities of public executive identities
, 169
HW Director
, 253
Hybridisation
, 158, 161, 171–173
Iceland
role identities of public executive identities
, 169, 170
Ideal civil servant, changing conceptions of
, 274–275
Ideal type bureaucracy
administrative bureaucracy
, 24–25
anti-bureaucratic identities
, 124–125
bureaucracy theory in Europe, reception of
, 18–20
custodians of rule-bound government versus result-oriented entrepreneurs
, 112–115
efficiency versus rationality
, 21–22
hypothesis and
, 22–24
organisations, as natural systems
, 17–18
in organisation theory and public administration
, 13–32, 256
professional bureaucracy
, 24–25
relative superiority of bureaucracy
, 22
state bureaucracy
, 27–31
textbook version of Weber’s bureaucracy theory
, 20–21
Weber scholars
, 26–27
Impersonality
, 160
Inclusiveness
, 4
India, political leadership in
, 5
Infant mortality
, 42
Information and communication technology (ICT)
, 8
Infrastructural power of the state
, 41
Innovation
, 252
Institutional stability
, 159
Instrumental motivation
, 211
Ireland
Department of Finance
, 149–151
economist’s role in government bureaucracies
, 148–152
Fianna Fáil
, 150
Fine Gael
, 150
hierarchical coordination
, 210
Irish Civil War
, 149
role identities of public executive identities
, 170
Treasury
, 149
Italy
role identities of public executive identities
, 169
Japan, state bureaucracy in
, 27, 30
Just Institutions Matter: The Moral and Political Logic of the Universal Welfare State
, 251
Kammarkollegium
, 45
Keynesian economics
, 142, 145–150
King’s Law of
, 1665, 183, 184, 188
Kinship
, 249
Kollegier
, 184
Kronans Jordeböcker
, 46, 48
Laffer, Arthur
, 147
Lagaskifte
, 47
Land ownership
, 51–55
complexities of
, 62
Land taxation (jordränta)
, 48
Land taxation law of
, 1880, 56
Lantmäteriet (the Swedish Land Survey Board)
, 44–45, 46
Latin America
, 153
Leadership, political
, 5, 129
Lebensführungen
, 270
Lebensordnungen
, 270
Legality
, 158
Legal reforms
, 195
Legibility of space
, 44–47, 62
Life expectancy
, 42
Life-long loyalty of civil servant
, 2
Lipset, Seymour Martin
, 44
Lithuania
bureaucratic roles
, 210
role identities of public executive identities
, 169, 170
Local politics
, 250, 258
Logic of Social Research, The
, 44
Low politicization
, 208–209
Lutheran Church
, 188
Lutheranism
, 198–199
Lutheran Reformation of
, 1536, 182
Management instruments
, 214–215
Management of Innovation
, 25
Managerialism
, 158, 160, 161, 163, 167, 206, 248
Managerial state
, 206
Mann, Michael
, 41, 42, 60
Mansolas, Alexandros
, 57, 58
Marketization
, 206
Mediatisation
, 9, 71
Merit-based recruitment
, 70, 189–190
Merton, Robert K.
, 16
Metropolitan Project (Department of Sociology, Stockholm University)
, 40
Mock bureaucracy
, 18
Moore, Barrington
, 57
Motivation
, 211–212
Mundell, Robert
, 147
Municipal Assembly
, 252
Napoleonic administrative tradition, and public executive identities
, 164, 170
Napoleonic wars
, 192
National Board of Industrial Injuries (Denmark)
, 90
Negative VAT
auditing claims for
, 90–91, 95–97
55% hit rate
, 91, 97–98
Neighbourhood
, 249
Neoclassical economics
, 147
Neo-liberal bureaucracy
, 2, 9
Neo-liberal policies
, 258
Neo-Weberian State (NWS)
, 206, 207
and NPM values, trade-off between
, 211
Neo-Weberian state
, 4
Netherlands, the
role identities of public executive identities
, 170
Neutral bureaucracy
, 70, 71
Neutral competence
, 69–86
Danish and British perceptions of
, 77–82
research design and methods
, 75–77
New penal codes, adoption of
, 196
New Public Governance (NPG)
, 4, 206, 212, 213, 217
New Public Management (NPM)
, 4, 14, 92, 111, 158–161, 226
Nordic bureaucracy beyond
, 205–222
New Spirit of Capitalism, The
, 28
New York City Police Department, activity-based targets in
, 91
New Zealand
administrative reforms in public management
, 215
Conservative Party
, 150
economist’s role in government bureaucracies
, 148–152
Labour Party
, 149
Treasury
, 151, 152
Non-hierarchical environment
, 120–121
Nordic bureaucracy beyond New Public Management
, 205–222
administrative reforms
, 212–215
bureaucratic roles
, 210–211
database
, 207–208
motivation
, 211–212
North–South divide, in Europe
, 219–221
performance of reforms
, 215–216
similarities and differences
, 217–219
structural features of bureaucracy
, 208–210
success of reforms
, 216–217
value preferences
, 211
Nordic models of public administration
, 4
Nordic tradition, and public executive identities
, 164, 170
Northcote Trevelyan Report
, 77
North–South divide, in Europe
, 219–221
Norway
anti-bureaucratic identities
, 111, 112, 115–117, 121–126, 128, 130, 131, 134, 135n4
corruption in
, 193–195
Economic Division, Ministry of Finance
, 145, 147
economist’s role in government bureaucracies
, 143–148
identity-profile patterns within and across administrative traditions
, 169, 170
Ministry of Finance
, 116, 144, 145, 147
Norwegian Labour Party
, 144
Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
, 147
Social Democrats
, 144
street-level bureaucracy
, 249
Note-writing process
, 125–126
OECD
, 93
Forum on Tax Administration
, 91
‘Measures of Tax Compliance Outcomes’
, 91
Office-holding
, 275
On-the-job training
, 141
Organisational conditions, changing
, 272–273
Organisational dimension of offices
, 268, 271
Organisational learning
, 231, 233, 237
patterns of
, 232
Organisations, as natural systems
, 17–18
Organisation theory, ideal type bureaucracy in
, 13–32
administrative bureaucracy
, 24–25
bureaucracy theory in Europe, reception of
, 18–20
efficiency versus rationality
, 21–22
hypothesis and
, 22–24
organisations, as natural systems
, 17–18
professional bureaucracy
, 24–25
relative superiority of bureaucracy
, 22
state bureaucracy
, 27–31
textbook version of Weber’s bureaucracy theory
, 20–21
Weber scholars
, 26–27
Ørsted, A. S.
, 196
Oslo School of economics
, 144
Ottoman Empire
, 53, 55
Outcome-based performance management systems
, 89–106
comparison of
adaption to local contingencies
, 103–104
relations to existing literature
, 104–105
negative VAT
auditing claims for
, 90–91, 95–97
55% hit rate
, 91, 97–98
proactive information work
, 98–100
public administration
, 91–93
qualitative outcomes
, 100–102
qualitative study
, 93–95
Outsourcing tax collection
, 57
Parsonian systems theory
, 18
Parsons, Talcott
interpretation of Weber
, 16–17
Patterns of conflict
, 252–256
Payroll taxes (arbetsgivaravgift)
, 98–100
Peace in the Feud
, 257
Pensions, for civil servants
, 197–198
People counting
, 47–50, 62
Performance and of bureaucracy
, 210
Performance audit
, 226–241
changes from
, 236–237
data and methods
, 232–233
influence of public administrative systems and cultures
, 239–240
style of
, 230–232
influence of
, 238–239
traditions of
, 229–230
usefulness of
, 235–236
Performance management
, 213
Performance of reforms
, 215–216
Performance-related pay
, 215, 218
Permanency
, 114
Poland
formality of bureaucracy, fear of
, 2
Political accountability
, 3
Political-administrative responsibility, obscuring
, 279–280
Political leadership
, 5, 129
Political Leadership among Swat Pathans
, 257
Political Order and Political Decay
, 28, 42
Political sponsorship
, 142
Politicisation
, 70, 71, 75, 78, 83, 84, 217, 218
‘Politics as a Vocation’
, 269
Politics of solidarity
, 251
Polizeywissenschaften
, 15
Portugal
role identities of public executive identities
, 169–170
Positive freedom
, 258
Post-bureaucracy
, 2, 3, 9
Power
, 121, 249
balance
, 8
division of
, 8
infrastructural, of the state
, 41
restricted
, 128–131
Pragmatic welfare policy relativism
, 250
Predictability
, 125–127
Prioritisation
, 247
Privatisation
, 213
Proactive information (PI)
, 91, 94, 98–100, 102
Procedurality
, 125–127
Professional bureaucracy
, 24–25
Professional discretion
, 246
Professional identity
, 110–112, 115–117, 119, 124, 131, 132, 134
Professionalisation of management
, 158, 160
Professional task motivation
, 211
Professions in public bureaucracies, position of
, 141–143
administrative features
, 143
economic factors
, 142
political factors
, 142
professional factors
, 142
Prussia, state bureaucracy in
, 28
Public administration
ideal type bureaucracy in
, 13–32
neutral competence, compared
, 77–82
new organisation of
, 225–241
Nordic models of
, 4
performance management in
, 91–93
systems and cultures, differences in
, 227–229
Public bureaucracies
, 2
Public–private cooperation
, 6
Public sector executives, hybrid role identities of
, 157–173, 176
administrative traditions
, 159, 161, 163–164, 169–172
bi-dimensional construct
, 159–161
data sand method
, 164–169
disentangling
, 161–163
future developments in
, 172–173
identity-profile patterns within and across administrative traditions
, 169–172
limits of
, 172–173
managerialism
, 158, 160, 161, 163, 167
operationalisation
, 165–167
Public sector reforms
, 158, 160
Public servant identity
, 4
PULS-evaluation
, 282n5
Punishment-centred bureaucracy
, 18, 24
Qualitative study outcome-based performance management systems
, 93–95, 100–102
Quality of Government Institute, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
, 42
Rådmann (the chief administrator of the municipality)
, 253, 254
Rationalisation theory
, 20–21
Rationality versus efficiency
, 21–22
Rättergångsexam
, 190
Rechtsstaat
, 3, 113, 206, 227, 240
Reform models
, 3–4
Relative superiority of bureaucracy
, 22
Representative bureaucracy
, 18, 24, 25
Resistance
, 258, 260
Result-oriented entrepreneurs versus rule-bound government, custodians of
, 112–115
Revkarlar
, 45
Rokkan, Stein
, 43
Role identities
defined
, 158
distinguished from self-identity
, 160
of public sector executives
, 157–173, 176
administrative traditions
, 159, 161, 163–164, 169–172
bi-dimensional construct
, 159–161
data and method
, 164–169
disentangling
, 161–163
future developments in
, 172–173
identity-profile patterns within and across administrative traditions
, 169–172
limits of
, 172–173
managerialism
, 158, 160, 161, 163, 167
operationalisation
, 165–167
Royal Life Guard
, 187
Rudbecius, Johannes (Bishop)
, 49
Rule-bound government versus result-oriented entrepreneurs, custodians of
, 112–115
Rule of law
, 181, 184, 186, 189, 200
Salaries, for civil servants
, 197–198
Scandinavian Model
, 3
Scandinavian states, building of
, 179–201
absolute states, growth of
, 183–184
accounting and audits, setting up new procedures for
, 195–196
bureaucratic framework, changing
, 184
civil servants
appointment of
, 185–186
legal regulations for
, 187–189
salaries and pensions for
, 197–198
corruption
in Denmark
, 191–193
in Norway
, 193–195
in Sweden
, 193–195
Danish administration, legal and administrative reforms in
, 195
educational background
, 189–190
historical realms of
, 181–183
Lutheranism
, 198–199
merit-based recruitment
, 189–190
new penal codes, adoption of
, 196
setting up restrictions through a formal oath of office
, 186–187
Weberian bureaucracy
, 180, 186, 189, 190, 195, 198–199
in nineteenth century
, 198–199
Schröeder, Gerhard
, 251
‘Science as a Vocation’
, 269
Scott, James C.
, 44, 46
Second World War
, 54, 144, 153, 226
Self-presentations, anti-bureaucratic
, 117–118
Selznick, Philip
, 16, 18, 19
Semantic dimension of offices
, 268, 271
Serbia
bureaucratic roles
, 210
role identities of public executive identities
, 169, 170
Service gap
, 247, 248
Service improvement
, 214
Service provider identity
, 4
Sideris, Aristotelis D.
, 56
Simplification of space
, 44–47, 62
Single identification number (AMKA)
, 65
Single loop learning
, 226, 231, 238
Social equality
, 4
Social Liberal Party (Norway)
, 145
Society, simplifying and objectifying
, 50–51, 62
Södertörn University
, 40
Solskifte
, 46, 47
Sotiropoulos, Sotirios
, 52
Spain
role identities of public executive identities
, 169
state bureaucracy
, 28
Specialisation
, 160
Sportler
, 192
Stability
, 7
State autonomy
, 40–44
components of
, 41
State bureaucracy
, 27–31
changes in bureaucracy and identity
, 28–29
organising as meaningful activity at intermediary level
, 29
weaknesses in Weberian explorations into bureaucracy
, 30–31
Weber, as historical-comparative scholar
, 29–30
State infrastructural capacities, building
, 39–65
distant taxation
, 55–60, 62
economy registration and people counting
, 47–50, 62
land ownership
, 51–55, 62
legibility and simplification of space
, 44–47, 62
simplifying and objectifying society
, 50–51, 62
state autonomy
, 40–44
state–society relations, ambiguity of
, 55–60, 62, 64
State–society contingencies
, 64
State–society relations, ambiguity of
, 55–60, 62, 64
Steering by contracts
, 218
Stinchombe, Arthur L.
, 44
Street-level bureaucracy
, 245–252, 256, 260, 261
Street-level Bureaucracy
, 246
Structural features of bureaucracy
hierarchical coordination
, 209–210
high managerial autonomy
, 209
low politicization
, 208–209
Structure of Social Action, The
, 16
Subjective health
, 42
Success of reforms
, 216–217
Supplikker
, 188, 189
Supply-side economics
, 147
Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI)
, 226–241
Sweden
agrarian reform
, 54
Christianity
, 49
Church Law of
, 1686, 49
corruption in
, 193–195
economy registration and people counting
, 47–50, 62
geographical maps
, 45
geometrical maps
, 45, 46
land mapping
, 54
Lantmäteriet (the Swedish Land Survey Board)
, 44–45
legibility and simplification of space
, 44–47, 62
managerial autonomy
, 218
Metropolitan Project (Department of Sociology, Stockholm University)
, 40
outcome-based performance management systems
adaption to local contingencies
, 103–104
proactive information work
, 98–100
relations to existing literature
, 104–105
role identities of public executive identities
, 170
service provider identity
, 4
simplifying and objectifying society
, 50–51, 62
state bureaucracy
, 28
state infrastructural capacities, building
, 39–65
Supreme Audit Institutions
, 228, 231–232, 236–237
Swedish Level of Living Survey (Institute for Social Research)
, 40
Swedish National Bureau of Statistics
, 194
Swedish Statistical Central Bureau
, 51
Swedish Tax Agency
, 90, 93–95, 99–101, 105
Tabellverket (the Census Authority of Sweden)
, 50–51, 59, 65n4
Table Committee
, 51
Tabellverket (the Census Authority of Sweden)
, 50–51, 59, 65n4
Tax(ation)
administration
, 90, 91, 94–96, 99, 101, 103, 105
distant
, 55–60, 62
land (jordränta)
, 48
negative VAT
auditing claims for
, 90–91, 95–97
55% hit rate
, 91, 96, 97–98
outsourcing tax collection
, 57
payroll (arbetsgivaravgift)
, 98–100
tithe
, 49
Tax collector jobs
, 55
Terms of employment
, 272–273
Textbook version of Weber’s bureaucracy theory
, 20–21
‘The Third Way’ approach
, 251
Thomsen, Christian Kettel
, 270
Tilly, Charles
, 47
Tithe
, 49
Tjänstebetänkandet
, 190
Traditional bureaucracy
, 115
Traditional roles of bureaucracy
, 210
Training dimension of offices
, 268, 271–272
Transparency
, 206, 213, 221
Treaty of Versailles
, 15
Unemployment
, 252
Union support to administrative reforms
, 212
United Kingdom (UK) see Britain
United States (USA)
formality of bureaucracy, fear of
, 2
professional bureaucracy
, 25
administrative bureaucracy
, 25
state bureaucracy
, 27, 30
ideal type of bureaucracy
, 18, 19, 24
Universalism
, 246–248, 250, 251, 258, 261
University of Canterbury
, 151
University of Copenhagen
, 191
University of Oslo
, 144, 145
Uppsala University
, 45
Value preferences
, 211
Varieties of bureaucracy
, 3–4
VAT, negative
auditing claims for
, 90–91, 95–97
55% hit rate
, 91, 97–98
Venizelos, Eleftherios
, 57
Verband
, 29
Wage formation
, 2
Weber, Marianne
, 15
Weber, Max
, 1, 2, 5, 9, 70, 73, 269
bureaucracy theory see Bureaucracy theory
as historical-comparative scholar
, 29–30
ideal type bureaucracy
, 13–32, 112–115, 124–125, 256
Parsons’ interpretation of
, 16–17
as part of German scholarly tradition
, 15–16
rationalisation theory
, 20–21
Weber scholars
, 26–27
Welfare state
, 2, 246–249, 251, 252, 257–260
Wilson, Woodrow
, 70, 73
Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft
, 24
Working modes
, 2
- Prelims
- Introduction: Bureaucracy in Transition
- The Impact and Interpretation of Weber’s Bureaucratic Ideal Type in Organisation Theory and Public Administration
- Part I Comparative Perspectives
- Building State Infrastructural Capacities: Sweden and Greece
- From Neutral Competence to Competent Neutrality? Revisiting Neutral Competence as the Core Normative Foundation of Western Bureaucracy
- Outcome-based Performance Management Systems: Experiences from the Danish and Swedish Tax Agencies
- Anti-bureaucratic Identities among Top Bureaucrats? Societal Norms and Professional Practices among Senior Civil Servants in Britain, France and Norway
- Economists in Government Bureaucracies
- Multiple Shades of Grey: Opening the Black Box of Public Sector Executives’ Hybrid Role Identities
- Part II Nordic Bureaucracy
- The Building of the Scandinavian States: Establishing Weberian Bureaucracy and Curbing Corruption from the Mid-Seventeenth to the End of the Nineteenth Century
- Nordic Bureaucracy beyond New Public Management
- A New Organisation of Public Administration: From Internal to External Control
- Street-level Bureaucracy and Crosscutting Cleavages in Municipal Worlds
- Codification and Ethos of Office: Contextualising a Codex-solution Introduced in the Danish Central Administration
- Index