Public Management Reform A Comparative Analysis

by Pollitt, Christopher; Bouckaert, Geert

• ISBN13: 9780199268481
• ISBN10: 0199268487
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-05
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This title includes the following features: Extended geographicalcoverage; Expanded treatments of the European Commission, the concept of'organizational culture', the role of law and legal systems, and the role ofinformation and communication technolgies.; Updated empirical data andreferences to academic literature; Development of theoretical framework;Companion website provides supplementary material for lecturers andstudents

Author Biography

Christopher Pollitt has worked in the UK, the USA, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Originally a Principal in the UK civil service, he later moved into the academic world. From 1990-98 he was Professor of Government at Brunel University in West London. He has served as Editor of the journal Public Administration (1980-89) and President of the European Evaluation Society (1996-98). Since 1999 he has been Professor of Public Management at Erasmus University, Rotterdam. He has also provided advice and consultancy to a number of international bodies including the UK National Audit Office, the European Commission, the OECD, and the World Bank. Geert Bouckaert is Professor of Public Management and Director of the Public Management Institute at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. He is a member of several international editorial boards and founder of the Flemish journal of public management. He has provided advice and consultancy to several governments and the OECD.

Table of Contents

LIST OF FIGURES	x
LIST OF TABLES	xi
ABBREVIATIONS	xii
Introduction	1	(5)
1 The nature of public management reform	6	(18)
2 Problems and responses: a model of public management reform	24	(15)
3 Many houses: types of politico-administrative regime	39	(26)
4 Trajectories of modernization and reform	65	(38)
5 Results: through a glass darkly	103	(40)
6 Politics and management	143	(16)
7 Trade-offs, balances, limits, dilemmas, contradictions, and paradoxes	159	(23)
8 Reflections: management and governance	182	(21)
APPENDIX A: THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT	203	(7)
APPENDIX B: COUNTRY FILES	210	(99)
AUSTRALIA	210	(6)
BELGIUM	216	(8)
CANADA	224	(8)
EUROPEAN COMMISSION	232	(7)
FINLAND	239	(8)
FRANCE	247	(9)
GERMANY	256	(8)
ITALY	264	(6)
NETHERLANDS	270	(7)
NEW ZEALAND	277	(8)
SWEDEN	285	(7)
UNITED KINGDOM	292	(8)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	300	(9)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	309	(18)
WEBSITES: OVERVIEW	327	(6)
INDEX	333