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Philippe Bezes

Philippe Bezes

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Political Science

D-Index
31
Citations
4525
World Ranking
1089
National Ranking
5

Overview

Philippe Bezes is affiliated with Sciences Po in France and is active in research primarily within the social sciences. Their work spans several subfields including political science and international relations, sociology and political science, urban studies, economics and econometrics, and strategy and management.

The recent body of work by Philippe Bezes focuses on bureaucratic and political processes, with significant contributions published in varied academic venues. Their publications include:

  • Le nouveau phénomène bureaucratique, 2020, Revue française de science politique
  • Introduction. Pour une sociologie de la rationalisation, 2021, L Année sociologique

Other recent articles relevant within the same research context involve collaborators and examine closely related topics:

  • What's in a name? The politics of name changes inside bureaucracy, 2022, Public Administration
  • The politics of government reorganization in Western Europe, 2022, Governance
  • Political time in public bureaucracies: Explaining variation of structural duration in European governments, 2023, Public Administration Review

Frequent coauthors working alongside Philippe Bezes include:

  • Kutsal Yesilkagit
  • Julia Fleischer
  • Scott Viallet-Thévenin
  • Oliver James
  • Jana Bertels

The research is often disseminated through well-known publication venues such as:

  • Revue française de science politique
  • Governance
  • Public Administration
  • L Année sociologique
  • Public Administration Review

The main areas of study and thematic focus that characterize Philippe Bezes's contributions include:

  • French Urban and Social Studies
  • Social Sciences and Governance
  • Education, sociology, and vocational training
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Political Systems and Governance
  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
  • Political and Economic history of UK and US

Best Publications

  • Réinventer l'état : les réformes de l'administration française, 1962-2008

    Philippe Bezes

  • New Public Management et professions dans l’État : au-delà des oppositions, quelles recompositions ?

    Philippe Bezes;Didier Demazière;Thomas Le Bianic;Catherine Paradeise

  • Réinventer l'État

    Philippe Bezes

  • Le renouveau du contrôle des bureaucraties

    Philippe Bezes

  • Public Administration Reforms in Europe: The View from the Top

    Gerhard Hammerschmid;Steven van de Walle;Rhys Andrews;Philippe Bezes

  • Le modèle de « l'État-stratège » : genèse d'une forme organisationnelle dans l'administration française☆

    Philippe Bezes

  • État, experts et savoirs néo-managériaux

    Philippe Bezes

  • Construire des bureaucraties wébériennes à l'ère du New Public Management ?

    Philippe Bezes

  • Gouverner (par) les finances publiques

    Philippe Bezes;Alexandre Siné

  • Estado, expertos y saberes neo-manageriales

    Philippe Bezes

  • Public Administration Reforms in Europe

    Gerhard Hammerschmid;Steven Van der Walle;Rhys Andrews;Philippe Bezes

  • L'hybridation du modèle territorial français.

    Philippe Bezes;Patrick Le Lidec

  • Aux origines des politiques de réforme administrative sous la Vème République : la construction du « souci de soi de l'Etat »

    Philippe Bezes

  • New public management and professionals in the public sector

    Philippe Bezes;Didier Demazière;Thomas Le Bianic;Catherine Paradeise

  • Understanding Organizational Reforms in the Modern State: Specialization and Integration in Norway and France

    Philippe Bezes;Anne Lise Fimreite;Patrick Le Lidec;Per Lægreid

  • Morphologie de la RGPP

    Philippe Bezes

  • L'état à l'épreuve des sciences sociales : la fonction recherche dans les administrations sous la Ve république

    Philippe Bezes;Michel Chauvière;Jacques Chevallier;Nicole de Montricher

  • The Hidden Politics of Administrative Reform: Cutting French Civil Service Wages with a Low‐Profile Instrument

    Philippe Bezes

  • Le renouveau du contrôle des bureaucraties : L'impact du new public management

    Philippe Bezes

  • LES FORMES DE JUGEMENT DU POLITIQUE. PRINCIPES MORAUX, PRINCIPES D'ACTION ET REGISTRE LÉGAL

    Pierre Lascoumes;Philippe Bezes

  • Politiques de l’organisation

    Philippe Bezes;Patrick Le Lidec

  • Le concept de trajectoire de réformes

    Philippe Bezes;Bruno Palier

  • Un jeu redistribué sous la cinquième République : nouvelles formes et nouveaux acteurs de la réforme de l'Etat

    Philippe Bezes

  • Le process tracing : du discours de la méthode aux usages pratiques

    Philippe Bezes;Bruno Palier;Yves Surel

  • Introduction: Généalogies de la réforme de l'Etat

    Marc Olivier Baruch;Philippe Bezes

  • Classer et juger les transgressions politiques: L'apport d'une démarche par focus group et d'une méthode quantitative d'analyse des données qualitatives

    Jean-Michel Lecrique;Pierre Lascoumes;Philippe Bezes

Frequent Co-Authors

Rhys William Andrews
Rhys William Andrews Cardiff University
Julia Evetts
Julia Evetts University of Nottingham
Bruno Palier
Bruno Palier Sciences Po
Per Lægreid
Per Lægreid University of Bergen
Martin Lodge
Martin Lodge London School of Economics and Political Science

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