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<p>This article applies a systematic literature-based approach to select, analyze, and categorize publications appearing on public sector management (PSM) reforms in Eastern European (EE) and former Soviet Union (FSU) countries. Findings of the literature review reveal the complexity of reformation in the region and point to the multilayered character of the reform processes, including design of the reform content, implementation, and evaluation of achieved results. The analysis, also shows that the reforms’ results are uneven and somewhat controversial. This article contributes by systematizing literature on transforming PSM in EE and FSU countries; analyzing the trajectories of the dominant reforms and finding overlooked topics; providing avenues for future research; and by contextually covering twenty-eight countries that experienced economic transition and significant societal transformations.</p>
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This article applies a systematic literature-based approach to select, analyze, and categorize publications appearing on public sector management (PSM) reforms in Eastern European (EE) and former Soviet Union (FSU) countries. Findings of the literature review reveal the complexity of reformation in the region and point to the multilayered character of the reform processes, including design of the reform content, implementation, and evaluation of achieved results. The analysis, also shows that the reforms’ results are uneven and somewhat controversial. This article contributes by systematizing literature on transforming PSM in EE and FSU countries; analyzing the trajectories of the dominant reforms and finding overlooked topics; providing avenues for future research; and by contextually covering twenty-eight countries that experienced economic transition and significant societal transformations.

Reforming the Public Sector in Eastern European and Former Soviet Union Countries: A Systematic Literature Review

Central European Journal of Public Policy

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This article applies a systematic literature-based approach to select, analyze, and categorize publications appearing on public sector management (PSM) reforms...

Reforming the Public Sector in Eastern European and Former Soviet Union Countries: A Systematic Literature Review

Publié en ligne: 01 juin 2023

Pages: 55 - 79

Reçu: 06 août 2022

Accepté: 05 janv. 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cejpp-2023-0005

© 2023 Veronika Vakulenko et al., published by Sciendo

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