The New Public Governance?: Emerging Perspectives on the Theory and Practice of Public Governance

by P.; ROSBO027ROSBO009 Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780415494632
• ISBN10: 041549463X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2010-02-05
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Despite predictions that 'new public management' would establish itself as the new paradigm of Public Administration and Management, recent academic research has highlighted concerns about the intra-organizational focus and limitations of this approach. This book represents a comprehensive analysis of the state of the art of public management, examining and framing the debate in this important area. The New Public Governance sets out to explore this emergent field of research and to present a framework with which to understand it. Divided into five parts, the book examines: Theoretical underpinnings of the concept of governance, especially competing perspectives from Europe and the USGovernance of inter-organizational partnerships and contractual relationshipsGovernance of policy networksLessons learned and future directions Under the steely editorship of Stephen Osborne and with contributions from leading academics including Owen Hughes, John M. Bryson, Don Kettl, Guy Peters and Carsten Greve, this book will be of particular interest to researchers and students of public administration, public management, public policy and public services management.

Author Biography

Stephen P. Osborne is Professor of International Public Management and Director of the Centre for Public Services Research at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is President of the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) and Editor of Public Management Review (PMR).

Table of Contents

List of tables	p. x
List of figures	p. xi
Contributors	p. xiii
Introduction: The (New) Public Governance: a suitable case for treatment?	p. 1
Theoretical perspectives on public governance	p. 17
Global perspectives on governance	p. 19
Meta-governance and public management	p. 36
Innovations in governance	p. 52
Governance and governability	p. 72
Does governance exist?	p. 87
What endures? Public governance and the cycle of reform	p. 105
Governance and interorganizational partnerships to deliver public services	p. 125
Theory of organizational partnerships: partnership advantages, disadvantages and success factors	p. 127
Public-private partnerships and public governance challenges	p. 149
Introducing the theory of collaborative advantage	p. 163
Relationship marketing, relational capital and the governance of public services delivery	p. 185
Leading across frontiers: how visionary leaders integrate people, processes, structures and resources	p. 200
Public governance and the third sector: opportunities for co-production and innovation?	p. 223
Governance of contractual relationships	p. 237
Governance, contract management and public management	p. 239
Governance of outsourcing and contractual relationships	p. 255
The governance of contracting relationships: "killing the golden goose" A third-sector perspective	p. 270
Governance of interorganizational networks	p. 301
Trust in governance networks: looking for conditions for innovative solutions and outcomes	p. 303
Implementation and managerial networking in the New Public Governance	p. 322
From new public management to networked community governance? Strategic local public service networks in England	p. 337
Governance of policy networks	p. 349
Policy networks: theory and practice	p. 351
Policy networks in practice: the debate on the future of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol	p. 365
Governance, networks and policy change: the case of cannabis in the United Kingdom	p. 394
Conclusions: Public governance and public services delivery: a research agenda for the future	p. 413
Index	p. 429
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