Types of State Organizations: Arguments, Doctrines and Changes Beyond New Public Management

Abstract

The topic of this chapter is the development of organizational forms in central government in four countries (Australia,2 New Zealand, Norway and Sweden) since the mid-1980s. What are the main arguments and doctrines behind the comprehensive reform efforts in these countries, and what kind of structural changes have occurred? What, for instance, were the arguments and doctrines used to bring about changes in the handling of regulatory tasks? What kinds of solutions have been prevalent in national administrative policies and how have these been justified? And finally, how and to what extent have national policies affected the actual changes that have taken place?

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