Understanding Public Management

by Kjell A Eliassen

• ISBN13: 9781412908597
• ISBN10: 1412908590
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-25
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

Understanding Public Management is an introduction and guide to the dramatic changes that have occurred in the provision of public services over the last two decades. The authors combine theoretical perspectives with a global range of case studies from Europe, North America, and other areas to explain why, how, and with what success liberal democracies have reformed the service role of the state. The book pays close attention to four major dimensions of this transition: External challenges and opportunities: globalization and EU integration Reducing the role of the state: Liberalization, privatization, regulation and competition policy Improving the role of the state: New Public Management, e-Government and beyond Managing the New Public Sector: organizations, strategy and leadership Intended Audience: This text is designed for undergraduate courses in public governance, but it also addresses the core components of graduate programs a?? the parameters, tools, principles, and theories of public sector reform.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Liberalising and Modernising Public Services

Internationalisation, Globalisation and Liberalisation

Strategic Challenges for Public Governance

European Integration

Recapturing Sovereignty and Institutionalising Liberalisation

Liberalisation and Privatization

Regulation and Competition Policy

Modernising Public Administration

To the New Public Management and Beyond

Modernising Government

eGovernment

Organisational Design and Institutional Governance

Tools of Management and Leadership

Conclusion

Public Service Delivery in the 'Knowledge Society'

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