TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kuhlmann, Sabine
A1  - Franzke, Jochen
A1  - Dumas, Benoit Paul
T1  - Technocratic Decision-Making in Times of Crisis?
BT  - the use of data for scientific policy advice in Germany's COVID-19 management
JF  - Public Organization Review
N2  - COVID-19 has demonstrated the importance of data for scientific policy advice. Mechanisms by which data is generated, shared, and ultimately lead to policy responses are crucial for enhancing transparency and legitimacy of decisions. At the same time, the volume, complexity and volatility of data are growing. Against this background, mechanisms, actors, and problems of data-driven scientific policy advice are analysed. The study reveals role conflicts, ambiguities, and tensions in the interaction between scientific advisors and policy-makers. The assumption of a technocratic model, promoted by well-established structures and functioning processes of data-driven government, cannot be confirmed. Reality largely corresponds to the pragmatic model, in parts also the decisionist model, albeit with dysfunctional characteristics.
KW  - Data utilization
KW  - Scientific policy advice
KW  - Data culture
KW  - Data literacy;
KW  - COVID-19 crisis
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-022-00635-8
SN  - 1566-7170
SN  - 1573-7098
VL  - 22
IS  - 2
SP  - 269
EP  - 289
PB  - Springer
CY  - Dordrecht
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Bogumil, Jörg
A1  - Kuhlmann, Sabine
ED  - Ladner, Andreas
ED  - Sager, Fritz
T1  - The politics of administrative reforms
T2  - Handbook on the politics of public administration
N2  - Administrative reforms refer to conscious decisions about institution building and institutional change that are taken at the end of political processes and can be conceived as the attempt by politico-administrative actors to change the institutional order (polity) within which they make and implement decisions. In this paper we proceed from the assumption that the role of politics, the constellation of political actors and arenas vary according to the scope and objectives of administrative reforms. Depending on whether they refer to changes between organizational units/levels/sectors ('external institutional policy') or to an internal reorganization ('internal institutional policy'), different actor strategies, patterns of conflict and power constellations can be expected. As external administrative reforms are aimed at changing functional and/or territorial jurisdictions and thus always involve external actors, larger resistance, heavier political conflicts and generally more politicization are likely to occur than in the case of internal administrative reforms. Yet, for internal reforms, too, actor coalitions which support or block institutional changes, promotors, leaders, and moderators have revealed to shape processes and outcomes. Against this background, this chapter examines the influence of politics on various types of administrative reforms making a distinction between external and internal institutional policies. We analyse the role of politico-administrative actors, their strategies and influence on the formulation, trajectories and outcomes of administrative reforms. Our major focus will be on reforms in the multi-level system on the one hand and on (Post-) NPM reforms on the other as two major international trends. Drawing on reform experiences in different European countries, the chapter will reveal to what extent actors' interests and influences have triggered and shaped administrative reforms and which difference these have made for the reform outcome.
KW  - administrative reforms
KW  - institutional policy
KW  - actor constellations
KW  - micro-politics
KW  - managerial reforms
KW  - territorial reforms
Y1  - 2022
SN  - 978-1-83910-943-0
SN  - 978-1-83910-944-7
U6  - https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839109447.00018
SP  - 125
EP  - 137
PB  - Edward Elgar Publishing
CY  - Cheltenham, UK
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kuhlmann, Sabine
A1  - Franzke, Jochen
T1  - Multi-level responses to COVID-19
BT  - crisis coordination in Germany from an intergovernmental perspective
JF  - Local government studies
N2  - This article is aimed at analysing local and intergovernmental responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany during the ‘first wave’ of the pandemic. It will answer the question of how the intergovernmental system in Germany responded to the crisis and to what extent the pandemic has changed patterns of multi-level governance (MLG). The article argues that the coordination of pandemic management in Germany shifted between two ideal types of multi-level governance. While in the first phase of the pandemic the territorially defined multi-level system with the sub-national and local authorities as key actors of crisis management was predominant, in the second phase a more functional orientation with increased vertical coordination gained in importance. Later on, more reliance was given again on local decision-making. Based on this analysis, we will draw some preliminary conclusions on how effective MLG in Germany has been for coordinating pandemic management and point out the shortcomings.
KW  - intergovernmental relations
KW  - crisis
KW  - covid-19
KW  - federalism
KW  - coordination
KW  - multi-level governance
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2021.1904398
SN  - 0300-3930
SN  - 1743-9388
VL  - 48
IS  - 2
SP  - 312
EP  - 334
PB  - Taylor & Francis
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - BOOK
A1  - Bogumil, Jörg
A1  - Kuhlmann, Sabine
A1  - Heuberger, Moritz
A1  - Marienfeldt, Justine
T1  - Bürgernahe Verwaltung digital? I-Kfz und digitaler Kombiantrag
BT  - Elternleistung im Praxistest
T3  - FES Diskurs
Y1  - 2022
UR  - https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/a-p-b/19351.pdf
SN  - 978-3-98628-187-8
PB  - Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
CY  - Bonn
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bergström, Tomas
A1  - Kuhlmann, Sabine
A1  - Laffin, Martin
A1  - Wayenberg, Ellen
T1  - Special issue on comparative intergovernmental relations and the pandemic
BT  - how European devolved governments responded to a public health crisis
JF  - Local government studies
N2  - This introduction and the special issue are a contribution to comparative intergovernmental studies and public administration. This introduction provides an analytical overview of the intergovernmental relations policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic across ten European countries, focussing on the early waves of the disease. These policy responses are analysed in terms of three types of IGR process: (1) a predominantly multi-layered policy process involving limited conflict, (2) a centralised policy process as the central government attempts to suppress conflict and (3) a conflicted policy process where such attempts are contested and tend to contribute to poor policy outcomes. The conclusion, then, reviews the difficulties and trade-offs involved in attaining a balanced multi-layered, intergovernmental process.
KW  - intergovernmental relations
KW  - pandemic comparative
KW  - government comparative
KW  - public policy
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2022.2039636
SN  - 0300-3930
SN  - 1743-9388
VL  - 48
IS  - 2
SP  - 179
EP  - 190
PB  - Taylor & Francis
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - BOOK
A1  - Kuhlmann, Sabine
A1  - Dumas, Benoît Paul
A1  - Heuberger, Moritz
T1  - The capacity of local governments in Europe
BT  - autonomy,responsibilities and reforms
N2  - This book compares local self-government in Europe. It examines local institutional structures, autonomy, and capacities in six selected countries - France, Italy, Sweden, Hungary, Poland, and the United Kingdom - each of which represents a typical model of European local government. Within Europe, an overall trend towards more local government capacities and autonomy can be identified, but there are also some counter tendencies to this trend and major differences regarding local politico-administrative settings, functional responsibilities, and resources. The book demonstrates that a certain degree of local financial autonomy and fiscal discretion is necessary for effective service provision. Furthermore, a robust local organization, viable territorial structures, a professional public service, strong local leadership, and well-functioning tools of democratic participation are key aspects for local governments to effectively fulfill their tasks and ensure political accountability. The book will appeal to students and scholars of Public Administration and Public Management, as well as practitioners and policy-makers at different levels of government, in public enterprises, and in NGOs.
KW  - local government
KW  - public sector reform
KW  - Europe
KW  - local autonomy
KW  - self-governance
KW  - new public management
Y1  - 2022
SN  - 978-3-031-07961-0
SN  - 978-3-031-07962-7
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07962-7
SP  - 7
EP  - 55
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - BOOK
A1  - Schmidt, Thorsten Ingo
A1  - Wagner, Dieter
A1  - Schwerdtfeger, Roswitha
A1  - Schäfer, Andrea
A1  - Musil, Andreas
A1  - Edeling, Thomas
A1  - Bauer, Hartmut
A1  - Kinyakin, Andrey
A1  - Loladze, Besik
A1  - Nehls, Danny
A1  - Maaß, Christian
A1  - Kuhlmann, Sabine
A1  - Kuckei, Daniel A.
A1  - Hein, Victoria
A1  - Wille, Robert
A1  - Franzke, Jochen
A1  - Büchner, Christiane
ED  - Franzke, Jochen
T1  - Festschrift für Dr. Christiane Büchner in Würdigung ihres Wirkens am Kommunalwissenschaftlichen Institut (1994–2022)
T3  - KWI Schriften
N2  - Diese eher ungewöhnliche, aber sehr persönlich gehaltene Festschrift ist dem lang­jährigen Wirken von Dr. Christiane Büchner als „Geschäftsführerin“ am Kommunal­wissenschaftlichen Institut (KWI) der Universität Potsdam gewidmet. Die von Prof. Jochen Franzke zusammengestellte und herausgegebene Publikation enthält im ersten Teil neben dem Grußwort des Geschäftsführenden Direktors des KWI Herrn Prof. Thorsten Ingo Schmidt eine Reihe persönlicher Würdigungen von Kolleginnen und Kollegen, Gastwissenschaftlern und Mitarbeitenden, die seit 1994 in verschiedenen Phasen der Entwicklung des KWIs mit Dr. Christiane Büchner eng zusammengearbeitet haben. Der abschließende Dokumentationsteil der Publikation enthält neben Auszügen aus dem Schriftenverzeichnis von Dr. Christiane Büchner auch zwei Nachdrucke aus deren Feder zum Thema der Kreisgebietsreform in Brandenburg (von 2001) sowie über den Landkreis Barnim (von 2019).
T3  - KWI-Schriften - 13 
KW  - Festschrift
KW  - Kommunen
KW  - Landkreise
KW  - Kreisgebietsreform
KW  - Bibliografie
Y1  - 2022
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-544987
SN  - 978-3-86956-529-3
SN  - 1867-951X
SN  - 1867-9528
IS  - 13
PB  - Universitätsverlag Potsdam
CY  - Potsdam
ER  -