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Overview

Fritz Sager is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences, with a particular focus on political science and international relations, public administration, and sociology. Their research portfolio includes 76 publications primarily situated within these areas.

Their work addresses numerous main topics of public policy and administration research, policy transfer and learning, social policy and reform studies, evaluation and performance assessment, European Union policy and governance, political influence and corporate strategies, as well as regulation and compliance studies.

They have published research in a variety of academic venues, frequently contributing to:

  • European Policy Analysis
  • Governance
  • Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern)
  • Swiss Political Science Review
  • West European Politics

Fritz Sager has coauthored works with several researchers repeatedly, including Johanna Hornung, Céline Mavrot, Nils C. Bandelow, Ilana Schröder, and Markus Hinterleitner. These collaborations span a range of interdisciplinary topics within public policy and governance.

Their recent notable papers include:

  • The polity of implementation: Organizational and institutional arrangements in policy implementation (2022, Governance)
  • Switzerland's COVID-19 policy response: Consociational crisis management and neo-corporatist reopening (2020, European Policy Analysis)
  • Blame avoidance in hard times: complex governance structures and the COVID-19 pandemic (2022, West European Politics)
  • Evidence-Based Policymaking in Times of Acute Crisis: Comparing the Use of Scientific Knowledge in Germany, Switzerland, and Italy (2022, Politische Vierteljahresschrift)
  • Can Teachers' Discretion Enhance the Role of Professionalism in Times of Crisis? A Comparative Policy Analysis of Distance Teaching in Italy and Switzerland during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and Practice)

In addition to articles, they have published books through the University of Bern and Schwabe Verlag eBooks. Their works include Evaluation der Parlaments- und Verwaltungsreform "Neue Stadtverwaltung Bern" (NSB) (2024) and Responsabilités brouillées - Structures, intervenant·es et mises à l'épreuve (2024).

Best Publications

  • Weber, Wilson, and Hegel: Theories of Modern Bureaucracy

    Fritz Sager;Christian Rosser

  • Serving many masters: Public accountability in private policy implementation

    Eva Thomann;Peter Hupe;Fritz Sager

  • Realistic Evaluation and QCA: Conceptual Parallels and an Empirical Application

    Barbara Befani;Simone Ledermann;Fritz Sager

  • Moving beyond legal compliance: innovative approaches to EU multilevel implementation

    Eva Thomann;Fritz Sager

  • The polity of implementation: Organizational and institutional arrangements in policy implementation

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  • Metropolitan Institutions and Policy Coordination: The Integration of Land Use and Transport Policies in Swiss Urban Areas

    Fritz Sager

  • Sorting through the garbage can: under what conditions do governments adopt policy programs?

    Fritz Sager;Yvan Rielle

  • Anticipatory and reactive forms of blame avoidance: of foxes and lions

    Markus Hinterleitner;Fritz Sager

  • Coordonner transports et urbanisme

    Vincent Kaufmann;Fritz Sager;Yves Ferrari;Dominique Joye

  • Dealing With Complex Causality in Realist Synthesis The Promise of Qualitative Comparative Analysis

    Fritz Sager;Céline Andereggen

  • Multiple streams in member state implementation: politics, problem construction and policy paths in Swiss asylum policy

    Fritz Sager;Eva Thomann

  • Street-level Bureaucrats and New Modes of Governance: How conflicting roles affect the implementation of the Swiss Ordinance on Veterinary Medicinal Products

    Fritz Sager;Eva Thomann;Christine Zollinger;Nico van der Heiden

  • Avoiding Blame—A Comprehensive Framework and the Australian Home Insulation Program Fiasco

    Markus Hinterleitner;Fritz Sager

  • Governance and Coercion

    Fritz Sager

  • Blame avoidance in hard times: complex governance structures and the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • Mapping the mix: Linking instruments, settings and target groups in the study of policy mixes

    Céline Mavrot;Susanne Hadorn;Fritz Sager

  • The Coordination of Local Policies for Urban Development and Public Transportation in Four Swiss Cities

    Vincent Kaufmann;Fritz Sager

  • Evidence-Based Policymaking in Times of Acute Crisis: Comparing the Use of Scientific Knowledge in Germany, Switzerland, and Italy

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  • Blame, Reputation, and Organizational Responses to a Politicized Climate

    Markus Hinterleitner;Fritz Sager

  • Switzerland's COVID-19 policy response: Consociational crisis management and neo-corporatist reopening

    Fritz Sager;Céline Mavrot

  • Toward a better understanding of implementation performance in the EU multilevel system

    Eva Thomann;Fritz Sager

  • Making Transport Policy Work: Polity, Policy, Politics, and Systematic Review

    Fritz Sager

  • Policy coordination in the European metropolis: A meta-analysis

    Fritz Sager

  • Capital city dynamics: linking regional innovation systems, locational policies and policy regimes

    Heike Mayer;Fritz Sager;David Kaufmann;Martin Victricius Warland

  • Types of knowledge utilization of regulatory impact assessments: Evidence from Swiss policymaking

    Christof Rissi;Fritz Sager

  • Policy-Analyse in der Schweiz - Besonderheiten, Theorien, Beispiele

    Fritz Sager;Karin Ingold;Andreas Balthasar

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian Vatter
Adrian Vatter University of Bern
Frédéric Varone
Frédéric Varone University of Geneva
Peter Hupe
Peter Hupe KU Leuven
Stephen L. Leib
Stephen L. Leib University of Bern
Thomas F. Stocker
Thomas F. Stocker University of Bern
Martin Grosjean
Martin Grosjean University of Bern
Karin Ingold
Karin Ingold University of Bern

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