TY - JOUR A1 - Bach, Tobias A1 - Jann, Werner T1 - Animals in the administrative zoo : organizational change and agency autonomy in Germany N2 - 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. Y1 - 2010 UR - http://ras.sagepub.com/ U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/0020852310372448 SN - 0020-8523 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bouckaert, Geert A1 - Jann, Werner A1 - Maron, Fabienne A1 - Ongaro, Edoardo A1 - Sofiane, Sahraoui T1 - Conclusion: EGPA, EPPA an the Future of Public Administration in Europa JF - Public Administration in Europe : The Contribution of EGPA N2 - 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. Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-3-319-92855-5 SN - 978-3-319-92856-2 U6 - https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92856-2_32 SP - 355 EP - 361 PB - Palgrave Macmillan CY - Cham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jann, Werner T1 - Public administration under pressure : the search for new forms of public governance Y1 - 2007 UR - http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/UN/UNPAN028493.pdf SN - 978-92-1-123175-5 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jann, Werner T1 - State, administration and governance in Germany: competing traditions and dominant narratives Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jann, Werner T1 - Common security in the Baltic Sea region : the view from the German Länder Y1 - 1994 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jann, Werner T1 - Cooperation in nothern Europe for an active society Y1 - 1994 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jann, Werner T1 - Public management in Germany : a revolution without a theory? Y1 - 1996 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jann, Werner T1 - Report of the working group on transparency, openness and service to the public Y1 - 1998 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jann, Werner T1 - Public management reform in Germany : a revolution without a theory? Y1 - 1997 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jann, Werner T1 - Managing parliaments in the 21st Century : from Policy-Making and Public Management to Governance Y1 - 2001 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jann, Werner A1 - Bach, Tobias T1 - Structure and governance of agencies in Germany : a lot of continuity and little change Y1 - 2009 SN - 978-82-450-0754-1 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jann, Werner A1 - Döhler, Marian T1 - Germany Y1 - 2002 UR - http://www.oecd.org/pdf/M00021000/M00021217.pdf ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jann, Werner A1 - Fleischer, Julia T1 - Shefting discourses, steady learning and sedimentation : the German reform trajectory in the long run Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-0-415-55721-4 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jann, Werner A1 - Jantz, Bastian T1 - A better performance and performance management? Y1 - 2008 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jann, Werner A1 - Jantz, Bastian T1 - Mapping accountability changes in labour market administration : from concentrated to shared accountability? Y1 - 2013 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jann, Werner A1 - Jantz, Bastian T1 - The development of policy analysis in Germany : practical problems and theoretical concepts Y1 - 2013 SN - 978-1- 44730-625-2 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jann, Werner A1 - Jantz, Bastian A1 - Kuehne, Alexander A1 - Schulze-Gabrechten, Lena T1 - The Flood Crisis in Germany 2013 JF - Societal Security and Crisis Management N2 - 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 Länder government. Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-3-319-92303-1 SN - 978-3-319-92302-4 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92303-1_4 SP - 75 EP - 93 PB - Palgrave Macmillan CY - Cham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jann, Werner A1 - Laegreid, Per A1 - Verhoest, Koen T1 - Introduction Y1 - 2007 UR - http://ras.sagepub.com/ U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/0020852307081143 SN - 0020-8523 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jann, Werner A1 - Reichard, Christoph T1 - Evaluating best practice in central government modernization Y1 - 2003 SN - 1-8437-6160-2 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jann, Werner A1 - Reichard, Christoph ED - Wollmann, Hellmut T1 - Best practice in central government modernization BT - in memoriam Frieder Naschold 1940 - 1999 JF - RIEP : Revista internacional de estudos politicos JF - International journal of political studies Y1 - 2001 SN - 1516-5973 VL - 2001 IS - Special 9 SP - 93 EP - 111 PB - NUSEG CY - Rio de Janeiro ER -