Abstract The article analyses changes in the reform agendas of the Lithuanian government in the period 2004 – 2017. Instead of exploring the systemic and formal agendas of administrative reforms based on government strategies and programmes, it focuses on the institutional and actual agendas of Lithuanian authorities using a set of 20 reform initiatives. In addition to the analysis of the institutional context, we also assess a coupling logic and the exercise of political or bureaucratic entrepreneurship during reform policy making. The article finds that budgetary constraints and the reform policy priorities of the Lithuanian governments explain the ambitious agendas of administrative reforms during the 2008 – 2012 government and, to a lesser extent, during the 2016 – 2020 government. The political logic of coupling and political entrepreneurship dominated the flow of the reform process when these governments were in office, producing the top-down approach to reform policy making. In contrast, the 2004 – 2006, 2006 – 2008 and 2012 – 2016 governments relied strongly on a policy-centred logic of coupling together with bureaucratic entrepreneurship, which resulted in the bottom-up approach to administrative reforms in the country.

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立陶宛公共行政改革议程：2004年至2017年的机会之窗

摘要本文分析了立陶宛政府2004年至2017年改革议程的变化。与其探讨基于政府战略和计划的行政改革的系统和正式议程，不如着重研究立陶宛当局的体制和实际议程。一套20项改革举措。除了分析制度背景外，我们还评估了改革政策制定过程中的耦合逻辑以及政治或官僚企业家精神的行使。该文章发现，立陶宛政府的预算限制和改革政策优先事项解释了2008年至2012年政府，以及程度较小的2016年至2020年政府的行政改革议程。这些政府执政时，耦合和政治企业家精神的政治逻辑主导了改革过程的流程，从而产生了自上而下的改革政策制定方法。相比之下，2004年– 2006年，2006年– 2008年和2012年– 2016年政府强烈依赖以政策为中心的逻辑，加上官僚主义的企业家精神，这导致了该国自下而上的行政改革方法。