@incollection{KuhlmannVeit2023,
  author    = {Kuhlmann, Sabine and Veit, Sylvia},
  title     = {Evaluation of and in public administration},
  series = {Handbook of public policy evaluation},
  booktitle = {Handbook of public policy evaluation},
  editor    = {Varone, Fr{\´e}d{\´e}ric and Jacob, Steve and Bundi, Pirmin},
  publisher = {Edward Elgar Publishing},
  address   = {Cheltenham, UK},
  isbn      = {9781800884892},
  doi       = {10.4337/9781800884892.00023},
  pages     = {220 -- 237},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {This chapter addresses the role of evaluation of and in public administration. We focus on two analytical key dimensions: a) the provider of the evaluation and b) the subject of the evaluation. Four major types of evaluation are distinguished: (1) external institutional evaluation, (2) internal institutional evaluation, (3) external evaluation of administrative action/results, (4) internal evaluation of administrative action/results. Type 1 and 2 refer to evaluation of administrative structures and processes as the subject of administrative reform. Type 3 and 4 represent different versions of evaluation in public administration, because the subject is administrative action and its outputs. The chapter highlights salient approaches and organizational settings of evaluation and provides insights into the institutionalization of an evaluation function in public administration. Finally, the chapter draws lessons regarding strengths and potentials but also remaining weaknesses and challenges of evaluation of and in public administration.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{JannVeit2021,
  author    = {Jann, Werner and Veit, Sylvia},
  title     = {Politics and Administration in Germany},
  series = {Public Administration in Germany},
  journal   = {Public Administration in Germany},
  publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan},
  address   = {Cham},
  isbn      = {978-3-030-53696-1},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-030-53697-8_10},
  pages     = {145 -- 161},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Although German bureaucracy is typically categorised as Weberian, a clear distinction between politics and administration has never been a defining characteristic of the German political-administrative system. Many close interrelations and interactions between elected politicians and appointed civil servants can be observed at all levels of administration. Higher-ranking civil servants in Germany are used to and generally appreciate the functional politicisation of their jobs, that is their close involvement in all stages of the policy process, from policy formation, goal definition, negotiation within and outside government to the implementation and evaluation of policies. For top positions, therefore, a class of 'political civil servants' is a special feature of the German system, and obtaining 'political craft' has become an important part of the learning and job experience of higher-ranking civil servants.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KuhlmannVeit2021,
  author    = {Kuhlmann, Sabine and Veit, Sylvia},
  title     = {The Federal Ministerial Bureaucracy, the Legislative Process and Better Regulation},
  series = {Public Administration in Germany},
  journal   = {Public Administration in Germany},
  publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan},
  address   = {Cham},
  isbn      = {978-3-030-53696-1},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-030-53697-8_20},
  pages     = {357 -- 373},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Over the last decades, Better Regulation has become a major reform topic at the federal and—in some cases—also at the L{\"a}nder level. Although the debate about improving regulatory quality and reducing unnecessary burdens created by bureaucracy and red tape date back to the 1960s and 1970s, the introduction by law in 2006 of a new independent institutionalised body for regulatory control at the federal level of government has brought a new quality to the discourse and practice of Better Regulation in Germany. This chapter introduces the basic features of the legislative process at the federal level in Germany, addresses the issue of Better Regulation and outlines the role of the National Regulatory Control Council (Nationaler Normenkontrollrat—NKR) as a 'watchdog' for compliance costs, red tape and regulatory impacts.},
  language  = {en}
}
@book{JannVeit2010,
  author    = {Jann, Werner and Veit, Sylvia},
  title     = {Politicisation of administration or bureaucratisation of politics? : The case of Germany},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-45163},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {Der Aufsatz befasst sich mit der Frage, ob sich eine wachsende Politisierung der Ministerialb{\"u}rokratie und eine zunehmende B{\"u}rokratisierung der Politik in einer Hybridisierung der Karriereverl{\"a}ufe von Spitzenbeamten und Exekutivpolitikern auf Bundes- und Landesebene in Deutschland nachweisen l{\"a}sst.},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{KuhlmannVeitBogumil2015,
  author    = {Kuhlmann, Sabine and Veit, Sylvia and Bogumil, J{\"o}rg},
  title     = {Public Service Systems at Subnational and Local Levels of Government : a British-German-French Comparison},
  series = {Comparative Civil Service Systems in the 21st Century},
  booktitle = {Comparative Civil Service Systems in the 21st Century},
  publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan},
  address   = {Hampshire},
  isbn      = {978-1-137-32578-5},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {162 -- 184},
  year      = {2015},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{SommermannBehnkeKroppetal.2021,
  author    = {Sommermann, Karl-Peter and Behnke, Nathalie and Kropp, Sabine and Hofmann, Hans and Fleischer, Julia and von Knobloch, Hans-Heinrich and Schimanke, Dieter and Schrapper, Ludger and Ruge, Kay and Ritgen, Klaus and Jann, Werner and Veit, Sylvia and Ziekow, Jan and Mehde, Veith and Reichard, Christoph and Schr{\"o}ter, Eckhard and F{\"a}rber, Gisela and Wollmann, Hellmut and Kuhlmann, Sabine and Bogumil, J{\"o}rg},
  title     = {Public Administration in Germany},
  series = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  journal   = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  number    = {140},
  editor    = {Kuhlmann, Sabine and Proeller, Isabella and Schimanke, Dieter and Ziekow, Jan},
  issn      = {1867-5808},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-50463},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-504637},
  pages     = {417},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {This open access book presents a topical, comprehensive and differentiated analysis of Germany's public administration and reforms. It provides an overview on key elements of German public administration at the federal, L{\"a}nder and local levels of government as well as on current reform activities of the public sector. It examines the key institutional features of German public administration; the changing relationships between public administration, society and the private sector; the administrative reforms at different levels of the federal system and numerous sectors; and new challenges and modernization approaches like digitalization, Open Government and Better Regulation. Each chapter offers a combination of descriptive information and problem-oriented analysis, presenting key topical issues in Germany which are relevant to an international readership.},
  language  = {en}
}