The article defines and discusses the New Public Management as well as indicates its need for public administration and local government. The first part discloses the concept of the New Public Management and presents its ...

In the article the model of the welfare state in Lithuania, its development and perspectives are overviewed and also Swedish welfare state and its present situation is considered. In the beginning of creating Lithuanian ...

The aim of the article is to analyse two aspects of social security in the wide meaning, i.e. corporative social responsibility and equity (social justice). The first part of the article stresses the significance of ...

There are no social movements or political parties in Europe which would strive for united social policy model. Large historic, structural and financial differences between various countries are the main reasons for that. ...

The article deals with the development of Greek social model during the past 25 years. The facts in the article are extracted from the works of Greek and foreign authors and are explained in a chronological manner. The ...

This article deals with the necessity to supplement the decisions in public administration under the influence of globalisation with new theoretical and practical decisions, mainly from the area of New Public Management. ...

The article surveys developments of the system of social services in Lithuania, discusses opportunities of performance measurement in the social services sector and results of a performance measurement project in Lithuanian ...

In the article the implementation problems of New Public Management in Switzerland are analysed, the impact of context, historical and cultural conditions for implementation of New Public management in certain Swiss regions ...