Public administration : perspectives, management and challenges

"The opening chapter of Public Administration: Perspectives, Management and Challenges is devoted addressing new challenges in public administration in Russia, including law requirements regarding the transparency of public policy and the difficulties surrounding their implementation. Following this, the authors assess historical and contemporary examples of innovation in Norwegian municipalities. The criticisms and limits of the results management model implemented in the Brazilian subnational units are analyzed based on specialized literature and three case studies. In closing, in the context of spatial integrated complex solutions regarding the poverty alleviation and social cohesion needs increasing in rural areas in Romania, the authors suggest a conceptual and analytical framework based on risk identification"-- Provided by publisher Contents 7 Preface 9 Chapter 1 13 Transparency of Public Policy in Russia: From Imitation to Innovation 13 Abstract 13 1. Introduction 14 2. Theoretical Framework 15 3. Transparency as a Phenomenon and Scientific Discourse 29 4. Data and Methodology 33 5. Results of the Study 33 6. Discussion and Conclusion 44 Funding 45 References 45 Chapter 2 49 Innovation in Norwegian Local Governments: Three Historical Roles 49 Abstract 49 Introduction 50 Conceptual Framework 52 Innovation in Local Governments 54 Local Government as an Adopter 54 Local Government as a Collaborator and Cocreator 57 Local Government as a Welfare Pioneer 61 The Example of Healthcare 63 Hospitals 64 Health Centers and Medical Centers 65 The Coordination Reform of 2012 66 Conclusion 67 References 68 Biographical Sketch 75 Chapter 3 77 What Is the Social Impact of Results-Based Management? Limits of the Models Implemented in the Brazilian Subnational Units 77 Abstract 77 Introduction 78 Regulatory Limits of Managerialism and Management by Results and the Issue of Public Spending 79 Public Expenditure and Measurement of Results in Public Management 82 Cost Reduction and Revenue Generation in the Program “Modernizing Public Administration” of the State of Sergipe 84 Centrality of Decision-Makers in the Implementation of Results-Based Management and the Issue of Measuring Results 87 The Centrality of the Decision Maker in the “Pact for Life” in Pernambuco 89 The Issue of Goals and Measuring Results in the “Alagoas Is in a Hurry” Program 93 Final Considerations 96 References 97 Biographical Sketch 101 Chapter 4 103 The Flood Risk Information Used in Spatial Policy-Based Design for Socio-Economic Integration of the Most Vulnerable Persons from Rural Agglomerations. Study Case Romania 103 Abstract 104 Introduction 105 Persistent Romanian Rural Poverty Agglomeration in Time 105 Rural Poverty in Literature 107 Practices in Romania Regarding Rural Poverty Alleviation 108 Floods Risk Management in Romania 110 Methods 113 Results 115 Discussions and Conclusion 119 Acknowledgments 122 References 122 Appendix 126 Biographical Sketches 128 Index 153 Blank Page 2