This paper is the introduction article to the special issue on EU-driven public sector reforms. European Union (EU) governance has dramatically changed since the outburst of the financial, economic and fiscal crises in 2007–2008. The dramatically changed circumstances have led to heightened EU influence in the field of the organization of the public sector of Member States, leading to major reforms of the public sector of Member States under conditions of radical fiscal consolidation. We call these ‘EU-driven public sector reforms’. The Greek, Hungarian, Irish and Italian cases of reform of the public sector in recent years, accounted for in this special issue, are different instances, with diverse outcomes, of this phenomenon. This article reviews the theoretical perspectives that can be employed for the study of EU-driven public sector reforms – these include notably the policy of conditionality; Europeanization; and a combination of learning, leadership and multiple streams theories – and the evidence about the features, doctrinal contents and effects of such reforms arising from the four case studies in the special issue.

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欧盟推动的公共部门改革

本文是欧盟推动的公共部门改革特刊的导论文章。自 2007-2008 年金融、经济和财政危机爆发以来，欧盟 (EU) 的治理发生了巨大变化。急剧变化的情况导致欧盟在成员国公共部门组织领域的影响力增强，导致成员国公共部门在激进的财政整顿条件下进行重大改革。我们将这些称为“欧盟驱动的公共部门改革”。希腊、匈牙利、爱尔兰和意大利近年来公共部门改革的案例，在本期特刊中都有说明，是这种现象的不同实例，产生了不同的结果。本文回顾了可用于研究欧盟驱动的公共部门改革的理论观点——其中特别包括条件性政策；欧洲化；以及学习、领导力和多流理论的结合——以及从特刊中的四个案例研究中产生的关于此类改革的特征、教义内容和效果的证据。