Understanding Public Management
- Kjell A Eliassen - Norwegian School of Management, Norway
- Nick Sitter - Norwegian School of Management, Norway
Combining theoretical perspectives with a global range of case studies from Europe, North America, and other areas, this book explains why, how, and with what success liberal democracies have reformed the service role of the state. Students will be introduced and guided through the dramatic changes that have occurred in public services over the last two decades.
Key Features
- 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 – the parameters, tools, principles, and theories of public sector reform.
'A broad ranging and highly intelligent account of key recent developments internationally which skillfully updates the public management and governance literatures' - Ewan Ferlie, Royal Holloway
'Public management has been radically changed and reformed... this book gives students a fine introduction to these changes and to the theories dealing with them' - Jørgen Grønnegaard Christensen, University of Aarhus
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