@article{JannJantz2008, author = {Jann, Werner and Jantz, Bastian}, title = {A better performance and performance management?}, year = {2008}, language = {en} } @incollection{Jann2016, author = {Jann, Werner}, title = {Accountability, performance and legitimacy in the welfare state}, series = {The Routledge Handbook to Accountability and Welfare State Reforms in Europe}, booktitle = {The Routledge Handbook to Accountability and Welfare State Reforms in Europe}, editor = {L{\ae}greid, Per and Cristensen, Tom}, publisher = {Routledge}, address = {London}, isbn = {978-1-4724-7059-1 (print)}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {31 -- 44}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Accountability is one of the most widely discussed concepts of public administration research and teaching in the last decade. But why is this case? Obviously accountability is, like its counterpart transparency, a "magic concept", and an indispensable part of the prominent and omnipresent discourse on "good governance" as well as a significant element in debates about public sector reform. The same holds true for performance, which has been a magic and contested concept ever since New Public Management (NPM) entered the discourse about "modern" processes and structures of the public sector. But the third term in the title of this paper, legitimacy, even though it is one of the basic concepts of political science and democracy and is at the heart of Max Weber's theory of bureaucracy, has been surprisingly absent from current debates about the challenges of modern public administration, and for that sake also about the future of the welfare state. This chapter argues that different concepts of legitimacy lie at the heart of most debates about accountability and performance (input, output and throughput legitimacy), and that a better understanding of the relationships between accountability, performance and legitimacy can clarify some of the puzzles of contemporary research.}, language = {en} } @article{BachJann2010, author = {Bach, Tobias and Jann, Werner}, title = {Animals in the administrative zoo : organizational change and agency autonomy in Germany}, issn = {0020-8523}, doi = {10.1177/0020852310372448}, year = {2010}, abstract = {Although Germany does not figure among the 'forerunners' of managerial reforms of the public sector, it has a long tradition of agencies and non-departmental bodies at the federal level. Over time, the federal administration has developed into a highly differentiated 'administrative zoo' with a large number of species, questioning the image of a well-ordered German bureaucracy. The article addresses organizational changes among non-ministerial agencies during the past 20 years and ministry-agency relations, drawing on data from a comprehensive survey of the federal administration. The structural changes we observe are neither comprehensive nor planned; they are much more evolutionary than revolutionary, driven by sectoral policies and not by any overall agency policy, supported more by regulatory than by managerial reforms, and most of the changes are horizontal mergers or successions of existing organizations, while we find almost no evidence for hiving-off from ministries to agencies. At the same time, federal agencies report a lot of bureaucratic discretion, whereas they perceive substantial levels of 'red tape' due to administrative regulations. We also find that traditional, hierarchical modes of ministerial oversight are still dominating; only few agencies have performance agreements with measurable goals.}, language = {en} } @article{JannReichard2001, author = {Jann, Werner and Reichard, Christoph}, title = {Best practice in central government modernization}, series = {RIEP : Revista internacional de estudos politicos}, volume = {2001}, journal = {RIEP : Revista internacional de estudos politicos}, number = {Special 9}, editor = {Wollmann, Hellmut}, publisher = {NUSEG}, address = {Rio de Janeiro}, issn = {1516-5973}, pages = {93 -- 111}, year = {2001}, language = {en} } @article{JannReichard2001, author = {Jann, Werner and Reichard, Christoph}, title = {Best Practice in Central Government Modernization}, issn = {1516-5973}, year = {2001}, language = {en} } @book{JannBachFleischeretal.2008, author = {Jann, Werner and Bach, Tobias and Fleischer, Julia and Hustedt, Thurid}, title = {Best practice in governance of agencies : a comparative study in view of identifying best practice for governing agencies carrying out activities on behalf of the European Union}, publisher = {Europ{\"a}isches Parlament}, address = {Br{\"u}ssel}, pages = {210 S., XLIX : graph. Darst.}, year = {2008}, language = {en} } @article{Jann1994, author = {Jann, Werner}, title = {Common security in the Baltic Sea region : the view from the German L{\"a}nder}, year = {1994}, language = {en} } @article{BouckaertJannMaronetal.2018, author = {Bouckaert, Geert and Jann, Werner and Maron, Fabienne and Ongaro, Edoardo and Sofiane, Sahraoui}, title = {Conclusion: EGPA, EPPA an the Future of Public Administration in Europa}, series = {Public Administration in Europe : The Contribution of EGPA}, journal = {Public Administration in Europe : The Contribution of EGPA}, publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-92855-5}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92856-2_32}, pages = {355 -- 361}, year = {2018}, abstract = {This chapter outlines the strategy of the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) and reflects on some of its key strengths, and how these may equip the European community of scholars and practitioners of public administration (PA) to contribute to the development of the field. The chapter reviews the key trait of the EGPA organisational model: the Permanent Study Groups, which are communities of scholars centred on the key areas of the administrative sciences in Europe. It also discusses the partnerships that EGPA has developed with key institutions in Europe and beyond, and highlights the significance of the EGPA policy papers on European governance. Finally, it discusses the strategic, forward-looking project European Perspectives on Public Administration, which aims to reflect on the future of the research and teaching of public administration.}, language = {en} } @article{Jann1994, author = {Jann, Werner}, title = {Cooperation in nothern Europe for an active society}, year = {1994}, language = {en} } @incollection{JannBouckaert2017, author = {Jann, Werner and Bouckaert, Geert}, title = {Current and Future Trends in European Public Sector Research}, series = {Starke Kommunen - wirksame Verwaltung : Fortschritte und Fallstricke der internationalen Verwaltungs- und Kommunalforschung}, booktitle = {Starke Kommunen - wirksame Verwaltung : Fortschritte und Fallstricke der internationalen Verwaltungs- und Kommunalforschung}, editor = {Kuhlmann, Sabine and Schwab, Oliver}, publisher = {Springer VS}, address = {Wiesbaden}, isbn = {978-3-658-17134-6}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-658-17135-3_4}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {43 -- 61}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Emmanuel Kant asked three important questions which will always be with us: What can we know? What should we do? What may we hope for? These three key existentialist questions are, of course, also relevant for a reflection on the future of Public Administration: What can we know, as researchers in the field of Public Administration, about our object of public administration? What should we do as researchers and teachers to make sure we remain part of a solution and to guarantee that we are ahead of reality and its future problems? What kind of improvement (or not) may we hope for a public sector in an increasingly complex society? This chapter tries to explore some possible answers to these three important questions for our field of Public Administration. The background is our common project about 'European Perspectives for Public Administration' (EPPA), which we hope to establish as a continuous dialogue and discourse in the context of European Public Administration and the 'European Group for Public Administration' (EGPA).}, language = {en} } @article{JannSeyfried2009, author = {Jann, Werner and Seyfried, Markus}, title = {Does executive governance matter? executives an policy performance}, isbn = {978-3-86793-013-0}, year = {2009}, language = {en} } @article{JannReichard2003, author = {Jann, Werner and Reichard, Christoph}, title = {Evaluating best practice in central government modernization}, isbn = {1-8437-6160-2}, year = {2003}, language = {en} } @article{JannWegrich2019, author = {Jann, Werner and Wegrich, Kai}, title = {Generalists and specialists in executive politics: Why ambitious meta-policies so often fail}, series = {Public administration}, volume = {97}, journal = {Public administration}, number = {4}, publisher = {Wiley}, address = {Hoboken}, issn = {0033-3298}, doi = {10.1111/padm.12614}, pages = {845 -- 860}, year = {2019}, abstract = {This article contributes to the politics of policy-making in executive government. It introduces the analytical distinction between generalists and specialists as antagonistic players in executive politics and develops the claim that policy specialists are in a structurally advantaged position to succeed in executive politics and to fend off attempts by generalists to influence policy choices through cross-cutting reform measures. Contrary to traditional textbook public administration, we explain the views of generalists and specialists not through their training but their positions within an organization. We combine established approaches from public policy and organization theory to substantiate this claim and to define the dilemma that generalists face when developing government-wide reform policies ('meta-policies') as well as strategies to address this problem. The article suggests that the conceptual distinction between generalists and specialists allows for a more precise analysis of the challenges for policy-making across government organizations than established approaches.}, language = {en} } @article{JannDoehler2002, author = {Jann, Werner and D{\"o}hler, Marian}, title = {Germany}, year = {2002}, language = {en} } @article{JannLaegreidVerhoest2007, author = {Jann, Werner and Laegreid, Per and Verhoest, Koen}, title = {Introduction}, issn = {0020-8523}, doi = {10.1177/0020852307081143}, year = {2007}, language = {en} } @article{Jann2001, author = {Jann, Werner}, title = {Managing parliaments in the 21st Century : from Policy-Making and Public Management to Governance}, year = {2001}, language = {en} } @article{JannJantz2013, author = {Jann, Werner and Jantz, Bastian}, title = {Mapping accountability changes in labour market administration : from concentrated to shared accountability?}, year = {2013}, language = {en} } @misc{JantzJann2018, author = {Jantz, Bastian and Jann, Werner}, title = {Mapping accountability changes in labour market administrations}, volume = {79}, number = {3}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-403642}, pages = {22}, year = {2018}, abstract = {The article explores how recent changes in the governance of employment services in three European countries (Denmark, Germany and Norway) have influenced accountability relationships. The overall assumption in the growing literature about accountability is that the number of actors involved in accountability arrangements is rising, that accountability relationships are becoming more numerous and complex, and that these changes may lead to contradictory accountability relationships, and finally to 'multi accountability disorder'. The article tries to explore these assumptions by analysing the different actors involved and the information requested in the new governance arrangements in all three countries. It concludes that the considerable changes in organizational arrangements and more managerial information demanded and provided have led to more shared forms of accountability. Nevertheless, a clear development towards less political or administrative accountability could not be observed.}, language = {en} } @article{JantzJann2013, author = {Jantz, Bastian and Jann, Werner}, title = {Mapping accountability changes in labour market administrations from concentrated to shared accountability?}, series = {International review of administrative sciences : an international journal of comparative public administration}, volume = {79}, journal = {International review of administrative sciences : an international journal of comparative public administration}, number = {2}, publisher = {Sage Publ.}, address = {London}, issn = {0020-8523}, doi = {10.1177/0020852313477764}, pages = {227 -- 248}, year = {2013}, abstract = {The article explores how recent changes in the governance of employment services in three European countries (Denmark, Germany and Norway) have influenced accountability relationships. The overall assumption in the growing literature about accountability is that the number of actors involved in accountability arrangements is rising, that accountability relationships are becoming more numerous and complex, and that these changes may lead to contradictory accountability relationships, and finally to multi accountability disorder'. The article tries to explore these assumptions by analysing the different actors involved and the information requested in the new governance arrangements in all three countries. It concludes that the considerable changes in organizational arrangements and more managerial information demanded and provided have led to more shared forms of accountability. Nevertheless, a clear development towards less political or administrative accountability could not be observed.}, language = {en} } @book{JannBachFleischeretal.2008, author = {Jann, Werner and Bach, Tobias and Fleischer, Julia and Jantz, Bastian and Hustedt, Thurid}, title = {Opportunity and feasibility of establishing common support services for EU agencies}, publisher = {Europ{\"a}isches Parlament}, address = {Br{\"u}ssel}, pages = {21 S.}, year = {2008}, 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} } @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} } @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} } @article{Jann2007, author = {Jann, Werner}, title = {Public administration under pressure : the search for new forms of public governance}, isbn = {978-92-1-123175-5}, year = {2007}, language = {en} } @article{Jann1996, author = {Jann, Werner}, title = {Public management in Germany : a revolution without a theory?}, year = {1996}, language = {en} } @article{Jann1997, author = {Jann, Werner}, title = {Public management reform in Germany : a revolution without a theory?}, year = {1997}, language = {en} } @article{Jann1998, author = {Jann, Werner}, title = {Report of the working group on transparency, openness and service to the public}, year = {1998}, language = {en} } @article{JannFleischer2011, author = {Jann, Werner and Fleischer, Julia}, title = {Shefting discourses, steady learning and sedimentation : the German reform trajectory in the long run}, isbn = {978-0-415-55721-4}, year = {2011}, language = {en} } @article{Jann2003, author = {Jann, Werner}, title = {State, administration and governance in Germany: competing traditions and dominant narratives}, year = {2003}, language = {en} } @article{JannBach2009, author = {Jann, Werner and Bach, Tobias}, title = {Structure and governance of agencies in Germany : a lot of continuity and little change}, isbn = {978-82-450-0754-1}, year = {2009}, language = {en} } @article{JannJantz2013, author = {Jann, Werner and Jantz, Bastian}, title = {The development of policy analysis in Germany : practical problems and theoretical concepts}, isbn = {978-1- 44730-625-2}, year = {2013}, language = {en} } @article{JannJantzKuehneetal.2018, author = {Jann, Werner and Jantz, Bastian and Kuehne, Alexander and Schulze-Gabrechten, Lena}, title = {The Flood Crisis in Germany 2013}, series = {Societal Security and Crisis Management}, journal = {Societal Security and Crisis Management}, publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-92303-1}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-92303-1_4}, pages = {75 -- 93}, year = {2018}, abstract = {In 2013, large floods affected Germany heavily. The natural disaster transcended jurisdictional and organisational boundaries, necessitating a coordinative effort by disaster relief forces and their administrative and political leadership. In the aftermath, politicians and experts praised the improvement of the German system of crisis management, also in direct comparison with the response to the last German "flood of the century" of 2002. This chapter takes a public policy and organisational perspective to analyse the German disaster relief governance throughout all four crisis management phases. By highlighting the central features of the German governance arrangements and the main organisational changes implemented in reaction to the previous flood in 2002, we find that Whole-of-Government approaches are increasingly used by the federal and L{\"a}nder government.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{JannLaegreidVerhoest2008, author = {Jann, Werner and Laegreid, Per and Verhoest, Koen}, title = {The Governance, Autonomy and Coordination of Public Sector Organizations}, year = {2008}, language = {en} } @incollection{Jann2020, author = {Jann, Werner}, title = {The modern state and administrative reform}, series = {Leidenschaft und Augenmaß : sozialwissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf Entwicklung, Verwaltung, Umwelt und Klima : Festschrift f{\"u}r Harald Fuhr}, booktitle = {Leidenschaft und Augenmaß : sozialwissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf Entwicklung, Verwaltung, Umwelt und Klima : Festschrift f{\"u}r Harald Fuhr}, editor = {Hickmann, Thomas and Lederer, Markus}, publisher = {Nomos}, address = {Baden-Baden}, isbn = {978-3-8487-5249-2}, doi = {10.5771/9783845294292-59}, pages = {59 -- 72}, year = {2020}, language = {en} }