@article{Wegrich, author = {Wegrich, Kai}, title = {Accommodating a foreign Object: Federalism, Coordination and Performance Management in the Reform of German Employment Administration}, series = {Public Management Review}, volume = {17}, journal = {Public Management Review}, number = {7}, publisher = {Routledge}, issn = {1471-9045}, doi = {10.1080/14719037.2015.1029345}, pages = {940 -- 959}, abstract = {This paper uses the case of the reform of the German employment administration to explore the usage of performance management approaches within multi-level governance settings. It traces the adoption and accommodation of the performance management approach to govern the joint service centres (called 'Jobcenter') at the local level within the multi-level administrative coordination regime in Germany's federal system. A contribution is made to nascent debates about the potential of managerial tools in systems of negotiated decision-making. The paper shows how performance management is adapted to the institutional logic of multi-level administrative coordination and serves as a facilitator of cross-level coordination.}, language = {en} } @article{WegrichLodge2010, author = {Wegrich, Kai and Lodge, Martin}, title = {Governance as contested logics of control: Europeanized meat inspection regimes in Denmark and Germany}, series = {Journal of European Public Policy}, volume = {18}, journal = {Journal of European Public Policy}, number = {1}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}, address = {London [u.a.]}, issn = {1350-1763}, doi = {10.1080/13501763.2011.520880}, pages = {90 -- 105}, year = {2010}, abstract = {The term governance has been used in many contexts and meanings. This paper assesses three logics of control widely associated with governance, namely multi-level governance, the regulatory state and performance management. It questions to what extent these logics are present, are reinforcing or are mutually self-destructive in their effects. This paper explores the field of meat inspection as a critical aspect of the Europeanized food safety regime and concentrates on the cases of Denmark and Germany. The paper concludes that the three logics of control's effects are interactive and that, far from being mutually reinforcing, the various logics are mutually self-destructive and destabilizing.}, language = {en} }