Comparative Analysis of Financial Bureaucracies of Europe: The Influence of Policy Sector vs Administrative Tradition on the Attitudes of Finance Officials

The broader goal of the paper is to explore one of the core questions in comparative research on public policy and administration: What is more important in influencing public officials' attitudes towards policymaking − the distinctive administrative style of the country or the specific feature...

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Published inJournal of comparative policy analysis Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 393 - 415
Main Authors Raudla, Ringa, Douglas, James W., Windett, Jason H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 04.07.2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
administrative traditions
Attitudes
Bureaucracy
Comparative analysis
comparative public administration
comparative public policy
Comparative studies
Finance
fiscal bureaucracy
Policy making
Public finance
public finance officials
Public officials
Public opinion
Public policy
Traditions
Europe
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Summary:The broader goal of the paper is to explore one of the core questions in comparative research on public policy and administration: What is more important in influencing public officials' attitudes towards policymaking − the distinctive administrative style of the country or the specific features of a policy sector? This article is particularly concerned with the attitudes of the public officials working in the field of finance regarding their policymaking roles. Overall, the results indicate that the national administrative traditions play a stronger role in influencing the policymaking attitudes of officials than their specific sector.
ISSN:1387-6988
1572-5448
DOI:10.1080/13876988.2020.1820867