01307pab a2200157 454500008003600000100003300036245011500069520072100184650002100905650002200926650002700948773003300975909001001008999001701018952011401035180718b   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aChristofilopoulou, Paraskeuy  aProfessionalism and public policy making in Greece: the influence of engineers in the local government reforms  aThe influence of professionals in the formulation of public policies has been an issue of scientific research in the past decade. In this article we deal with a less examined aspect of this issue. Professional influence is analysed in the context of Greek public policy, where the intensely centralized administration is dominated by the demands of political clientelism. Focusing on the case of the influence of engineers in local government reform between 1974 and 1989, the article reveals the role of professionalism in the hesitant decentralization of functions and resources to local authorities and the initiation of institutions that have allowed the birth and development of new organizations at the central  a Professionalism  a Local Government  aPublic Policy - Greece  aPublic Administration (U.K.)  a21950  c21950d21950  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hIssue no: 70(1), Spring 92, p.99-118pAR22019r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR