Complexity and Hybrid Public Administration—Theoretical and Empirical Challenges

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Author
Christensen, Tom og Per Lægreid

Year
2010

Publisher
Springer. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com

Type of publication:
Tidsskriftsartikkel

Link to publication:
https://bora.uib.no/bitstream/handle/1956/4564/Complexity%20and%20Hybrid%20Public%20Administration%E2%80%94Theoretical%20and%20Empirical%20Challenges.pdf

Link to review:
https://bora.uib.no/handle/1956/4564?show=full

Number of pages:
17

Language of publication:
Engelsk

Country of publication:
Norge

NSD-reference:
2935

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2013-01-10 16:36:10.91



Summary
This article provides a greater understanding of hybrid public administration. Different generations of public sector reforms have accentuated hybrid and complex features of public organizations, resulting in multiple-layer structural and cultural features. The article covers the following research questions: 1) how can we interpret the increasing tendency towards hybrid administration in terms of a transformative approach; 2) how is hybrid administration developing out of attempts to balance NPM and post-NPM?; and 3) how can we understand the major mechanisms producing hybridity in a modern reform? The case we focus on is the reform of the Norwegian welfare administration.