{"product_id":"9781403903198","title":"From the Active to the Enabling State The Changing Role of Top Officials in European Nations","description":"\u003ch3\u003eTransforming Government\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eFrom the Active to the Enabling State\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Changing Role of Top Officials in European Nations\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eE. Page | V. Wright\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ World \/ European\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis book surveys the changing role of senior civil servants in Western Europe and explores whether they have kept their central role in government decision-making. Looking at these issues in comparative perspective, the contributors provide an insight into the causes and consequences of the changing role of officials.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePHILLIPPE BEZES Chargé de Recherches, Centre National des Recherches Scientifiques, University of Paris II, France\r\nMARLEEN BRANS Professor, Public Management Institute, University of Leuven, Belgium\r\nKLAUS GOETZ Professor of Political Science, Universität Potsdam, Germany\r\nPATRICK LE LIDEC Chercheur Associé, Centre de Recherches Politiques de la Sorbonne, Paris, France\r\nRACHEL LOCKE Partner, BSD Consultants, Hampshire, UK\r\nPAOLA MATTEI TH Marshall Research Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK\r\nWOLFGANG C. MÜLLER Professor of Political Science, Universität Mannheim, Germany\r\nJON PIERRE Professor of Political science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden\r\nJOS C. N. RAADSCHELDERS Professor and Henry Bellmon Chair of Public Service, Department of Political Science, University of Oklahoma, USA\r\nCHARLOTTE SAUSMAN Formerly Senior Research Associate, Judge Institute of Management, University of Cambridge, UK\r\nDIMITRI A. SOTIROPOULOS Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the Law School, University of Athens, Greece\r\nTRUI STEEN Fellow, Public Management Institute, University of Leuven, Belgium\r\nFRITS VAN DER MEER Associate Professor in Comparative Public Administration, Department of Public Administration, University of Leiden, The Netherlands\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25 October 2006\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan UK\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781403903198\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e245\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50804919271564,"sku":"9781403903198","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781403903198.jpg?v=1781788158","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781403903198","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}