| Titre | Dutch Central Government Elites from 1980 to 2012: Changing Characteristics and Interactions with Political Officeholders | |
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| Auteur | Frits M. van der Meer, Jos C.N. Raadschelders | |
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Revue | Revue française d'administration publique |
| Numéro | no 151-152, 2014/3-4 Où en sont les élites administratives en Europe ? | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Où en sont les élites administratives en Europe ? |
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| Page | 763-782 | |
| Résumé |
La haute fonction publique d'État néerlandaise a rarement été décrite en termes élitistes dans un pays avec une forte culture sociale égalitaire. Cet article analyse les caractéristiques des élites administratives néerlandaises, leur perception des relations qu'elles entretiennent avec les responsables politiques, l'influence du New Public Management sur leur mode de fonctionnement et la façon dont leur rôle et leur position dans le système politico-administratif sont influencés par les alternances politiques et les réformes institutionnelles comme la création du Senior Executive Service. Source : Éditeur (via Cairn.info) |
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| Résumé anglais |
The Dutch top civil service at national government level has seldom been described in ‘elitist' terms, as befitting a country with a strong egalitarian social culture. In this paper we will look at characteristics of Dutch administrative elites, their perceptions of relations with political officeholders, and how their role and position in the political?administrative system are influenced by changes in political leadership and directives. Though formally open to outside recruitment, in practice the (top) civil service is a rather closed system. There is relatively little occupational mobility between these civil servants and political officeholders, and virtually none between the public and the private sectors. While some initiatives have recently been taken to improve this external mobility, overall the civil service system has not changed. Did New Public Management have any impact upon the structure and functioning of the Dutch administrative elites? More important for the positioning and functioning of these civil servants has been the creation of the Senior Executive Service and, within the SES, the top management group. By creating this career system at the very top of the civil service, the elite nature of the top civil service has been reinforced. Has this influenced their relations with political officeholders? Source : Éditeur (via Cairn.info) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.cairn.info/article.php?ID_ARTICLE=RFAP_151_0763 |
