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Governance, Good Governance, and Government: the Case for Estonian Administrative Capacity

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: After a short case study of (Good) Governance in Estonia, this article focuses on one of the key shortcomings in Estonian government, especially after EU accession: the administrative capacity problem.This is intimately linked with the New Public Management (NPM), upon which, in turn, Good Governance as a world view largely rests.The problems and fate of the NPM paradigm are traced and then applied to the Estonian situation.After outlining the Estonian priorities of following the Lisbon strategy and an Innovation-based economic policy, the direction necessary for public administration reform plans, and thus for the enabling of Estonian administrative capacity, is identified.

Source: Trames Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences

DOI: 10.3176/tr.2004.4.04

Author: Wolfgang Drechsler

Institution: University of Tartu

Language: English

Topic: Public Policy and Administration Research

Subfield: Public Administration

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $269