The neo-Weberian state
From ideal type model to reality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5949458 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geert Bouckaert (0000-0002-0282-8106, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 13-59 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Max Weber Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1470-8078 • E-ISSN: 2056-4074 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/max.2023.0002 |
| OpenAlex | W4318426853 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
Public sector reforms have been a feature of past decades. Many of these reforms reacted against hierarchy and bureaucracy to shift to markets and networks. Nevertheless, next to New Public Management (NPM) and New Public Governance (NPG), the neo-Weberian state (NWS) also remained a crucial ideal type, certainly for the Western European practice which is embedded in Weberian public administration (PA). A theoretical and empirical question is whether NWS is sustainable and resilient in re-inventing and re-appraising ‘bureaucracy’ in the 21st century. This contribution claims that initially there was an empirical observation, certainly in continental Europe, of neo-Weberian public administration derived from the dynamics of public sector reforms in the second half of the 20th century. It was then ‘upgraded’ as an NWS ideal type model for theoretical reasons. NWS is a hierarchy-driven system within a hierarchy-market-network space. This NWS (based and driven by hierarchy) then moved to one of the normative reform models. \nIn this contribution it is also claimed and assumed that NWS, contrary to NPM (market-driven) and NPG (network-driven), will ensure the three core functions of a ‘whole of government’ strategy within a ‘whole of society’ context: inclusive and equitable service delivery, resilient crises governance, and effective innovation for government and society
Bureaucracy · Corporate governance · Economic system · Economics · Hierarchy · Ideal type · Management · Network governance · New public management · Normative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public sector · Social science · Sociology · Critical Realism in Sociology · Law · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |