Control and Autonomy—The SAIs in Norway, Denmark, and Germany as Watchdogs in an NPM-Era?
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Control and Autonomy—The SAIs in Norway, Denmark, and Germany as Watchdogs in an NPM-Era? / Jantz, Bastian; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Kristin; Vrangbæk, Karsten.
In: International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. Volume 38, No. 13, 3, 2015, p. 960-970.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Control and Autonomy—The SAIs in Norway, Denmark, and Germany as Watchdogs in an NPM-Era?
AU - Jantz, Bastian
AU - Reichborn-Kjennerud, Kristin
AU - Vrangbæk, Karsten
N1 - Special Issue: Accountability, Performance and Legitimacy in Welfare Reforms
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - New public management (NPM) reforms have weakened the direct steering capacity within state bureaucracy. This article looks into how supreme audit institutions in three countries (Norway, Denmark, and Germany) assess these types of reforms. The analysis shows that all three SAIs have taken on an evaluative role when judging NPM instruments. At the same time their emphasis on legality and compliance can be at odds with some of the operating principles in NPM. All in all the German SAI seems to be the most radical critic. This may be linked to the lack of openness of the German SAIs results that makes it more internally focused within a mindset of administrative accountability.
AB - New public management (NPM) reforms have weakened the direct steering capacity within state bureaucracy. This article looks into how supreme audit institutions in three countries (Norway, Denmark, and Germany) assess these types of reforms. The analysis shows that all three SAIs have taken on an evaluative role when judging NPM instruments. At the same time their emphasis on legality and compliance can be at odds with some of the operating principles in NPM. All in all the German SAI seems to be the most radical critic. This may be linked to the lack of openness of the German SAIs results that makes it more internally focused within a mindset of administrative accountability.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - accountability
KW - new public management
KW - supreme audit institutions
KW - autonomy
KW - control
U2 - 10.1080/01900692.2015.1069839
DO - 10.1080/01900692.2015.1069839
M3 - Journal article
VL - Volume 38
SP - 960
EP - 970
JO - International Journal of Public Administration
JF - International Journal of Public Administration
SN - 0190-0692
IS - 13
M1 - 3
ER -
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