Governance in the Twenty-First Century: Revitalizing the Public Service

by Peters, B. Guy; Savoie, Donald J.

• ISBN13: 9780773521308
• ISBN10: 0773521305
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ Pr

Summary

Numerous administrative reforms during the past several decades, referred to as the "New Public Management," have altered government in a number of fundamental ways. These changes have, in turn, produced the need for even greater change if the public sector is to be capable of governing efficiently and responsibly. The challenges now facing government are numerous, including the need to recruit capable and committed young public servants, adapt to new information technology, manage changing intergovernmental relations, and, perhaps most important, hold the reformed administrative structures accountable to both political demands and legal standards. Some countries have already initiated new rounds of reform while others are still attempting to understand and absorb the consequences of changes motivated by new public management ideas.In Governance in the twenty-first century international experts recognise both the difficulty of making predictions and the need to consider the future in order to prepare the public sector for new challenges. The authors' predictions and recommendations are anchored in a thorough understanding of contemporary public administration. They point out that not only have previous reforms made yet more change necessary and inevitable but that the purpose of these reforms is to attempt to return government to the position of respect and competence it enjoyed in the past.B. Guy Peters is Maurice Falk Professor of American Government, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh.Donald J. Savoie holds the Clément-Cormier Chair in Economic Development at the Université de Moncton, where he also teaches public administration.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	x
PART ONE INTRODUCTION
Introducing the Topic	3	(26)
Donald J. Savoie
PART TWO ROLE OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
Globalization, Institutions, and Governance	29	(29)
B. Guy Peters
Intergovernmental Relations and Democratic Citizenship	58	(61)
David Cameron
Richard Simeon
How Do We Know How Good Public Services Are?	119	(36)
Christopher Pollitt
PART THREE RETHINKING THE BOUNDARIES
Blurring the Public-Private Divide	155	(23)
Vincent Wright
Relations Between Ministers/Politicians and Public Servants: Public Service Bargains Old and New	178	(31)
Christopher Hood
Public Service in an Information Society	209	(35)
Ignace Snellen
The Dialectics of Accountability for Performance in Public Management Reform	244	(37)
Peter Aucoin
Ralph Heintzman
Organizing for Service Delivery: Criteria and Opportunities	281	(51)
Jonathan Boston
Externalities and Relationships: Rethinking the Boundaries of the Public Service	332	(29)
Jon Pierre
PART FOUR VISION OF PUBLIC SERVICE
Managing at the Top	361	(24)
Jacques Bourgault
Donald J. Savoie
Public Employment and the Future of the Public Service	385	(42)
Patricia W. Ingraham
B.Guy Peters
Donald P. Moynihan
PART FIVE CONCLUSION
The Future of Reform	427
B. Guy Peters