Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the impact of agencification on the process of administrative reorganization in Greece. It is suggested that agencies tend to create a parallel administrative space that operates disjointly or even detached from the central bureaucracy. This hypothesis is tested and elaborated in relation to Greece's centralist administrative tradition.

Design/methodology/approach

The analysis identifies the critical junctures of the domestic agencification pattern and seeks to explain its evolution on the basis of historical-cultural factors, rational choice explanations and country-specific variables. The methodology combines quantitative and qualitative research. Along with a review of existing literature, data were collected through semi-structured interviews and the Registry of Entities and Agencies.

Findings

The findings show that agencification never became a coherent policy reform tool, while its outcomes were filtered by the centralist and politicized tradition of the Greek state. The effect of agencification was proved to be highly path-dependent and contingent upon the broader administrative tradition. The agencification policy does not follow a clear direction and has been shaped as a random combination of ad hoc decisions, external pressures and domestic politics.

Research limitations/implications

The paper provides some generalizations of the agencification experience. However, they do not cover all specificities and particularities of agencies and their applicability varies. Further research could consider these variations.

Originality/value

A novelty of this study is that it links the agencification effect with three key aspects of the administrative reform process, namely, decentralization, debureaucratization and depoliticization. In addition, no single study exists regarding agencification in Greece; thus, the paper is the first to provide an overall view of the Greek arm's length bodies.

中文翻译：

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希腊的老龄化：平行的公共部门？

目的

本文的目的是提供关于希腊化中的老龄化对行政重组过程的影响的见解。建议机构倾向于建立平行的行政空间，使行政体制与中央官僚机构脱节甚至分离。对这一假说进行了检验，并结合了希腊的中央集权行政传统进行了阐述。

设计/方法/方法

该分析确定了家庭老龄化模式的关键关头，并试图根据历史文化因素，理性选择的解释和针对特定国家的变量来解释其老龄化的演变。该方法结合了定量和定性研究。除了对现有文献进行回顾之外，还通过半结构化访谈和实体和机构注册处收集了数据。

发现

研究结果表明，老龄化从来没有成为一个连贯的政策改革工具，而其结果却受到了希腊国家的中央集权化和政治化传统的过滤。事实证明，老龄化的影响高度依赖于路径，并取决于更广泛的行政传统。老龄化政策没有遵循明确的方向，其形成是临时决定，外部压力和国内政治的随机组合。

研究局限/意义

本文提供了一些老龄化经验的概括。但是，它们并未涵盖机构的所有特殊性和特殊性，它们的适用性也各不相同。进一步的研究可以考虑这些变化。

创意/价值

这项研究的新颖之处在于，它把老龄化作用与行政改革过程的三个关键方面联系在一起，即权力下放，去官僚化和去政治化。此外，在希腊，还没有任何有关老龄化的研究。因此，该论文是第一个全面介绍希腊臂长身体的文章。