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  • Slovenian social work centres’ reorganisation vs. administrative reforms in Austria and Croatia [Elektronski vir]
    Babšek, Matej, 1985-
    Administrative reforms are one of the most distinguishing characteristics of modern public administrations. Striving to meet the demanding needs and expectations of the citizens, administrative ... systems reorganise in many different ways. In Slovenia, the modernisation of social work centres – i.e. the primary social care and welfare public institutions dealing with the most sensitive issues of the people in need – had long been on the political and policy agenda. Finally, in October 2018, they were reorganised with the aim of improving the effectiveness and efficiency of their procedures, reducing red tape, and – first and foremost – improving the accessibility of services to the people and developing new working methods adapted to their needs. The paper presents the evaluation of this country- and sector-specific reform from a comparative perspective, comparing the above to the reforms of equivalent types of authorities in two neighbouring countries, Austria and Croatia. Based on a multidisciplinary content analysis of policy documents and its evaluation, the results show that the Rechtsstaat tradition prevails in the reform agendas of all countries. Nevertheless, strong tendencies to redefine the role of the state by implementing the principles of good governance are also evident. Despite convergence in the reform schemes of all three countries, reform processes in Slovenia and Croatia lack the implementation of the otherwise forward-looking and ambitious goals as well as proper and in-depth evaluation of hitherto reforms. The social work centres’ reorganisation in Slovenia further revealed a wide-ranging problem of insufficient cross-sectoral collaboration and systemic strategic planning in reform practice, combined with poor stakeholder participation. The findings of the paper are applicable to both theorists and policy-makers, as well as practitioners dealing with the outcomes of administrative reforms on a daily basis.
    Vir: New theories and practices of public governance in the NISPAcee region [Elektronski vir] : the 2020 NISPAcee On-line Conference for PhD Students : conference e-proceedings : October 29, 2020 ([13] str.)
    Vrsta gradiva - prispevek na konferenci ; neleposlovje za odrasle
    Leto - 2021
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 192770819

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    https://www.nispa.org/files/conferences/2020phd/e-proceedings/system_files/papers/Babsek_NISPAcee_Jan2021.pdf

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