Public Management Reform
A Comparative Analysis - New Public Management, Governance, and the Neo-Weberian State
3rd Edition
Published on 8. September 2011
Book
Hardback
386 pages
978-0-19-959508-2 (ISBN)
Description
Since its publication in 2000, Public Management Reform has established itself as the standard text in the field, presenting a comparative analysis of recent changes in Public Management and Public Administration in a range of countries in Europe, North America, and Australasia.
This third edition has been completely rewritten to incorporate a mass of recent empirical data and to introduce a new theoretical and conceptual framework by identifying three leading visions of reform. Chapters analyse key debates, the process of change, different national systems and trajectories, results, political factors, and paradoxes and trade-offs in an integrated volume.
Covering reforms over a thirty-year period (1980-2010), the book offers a detailed and structured comparison of twelve countries and the EU Commission by means of an unparalleled synthesis of evidence and sources. Extensive factual appendices provide an invaluable resource for students.
This third edition has been completely rewritten to incorporate a mass of recent empirical data and to introduce a new theoretical and conceptual framework by identifying three leading visions of reform. Chapters analyse key debates, the process of change, different national systems and trajectories, results, political factors, and paradoxes and trade-offs in an integrated volume.
Covering reforms over a thirty-year period (1980-2010), the book offers a detailed and structured comparison of twelve countries and the EU Commission by means of an unparalleled synthesis of evidence and sources. Extensive factual appendices provide an invaluable resource for students.
Reviews / Votes
a seminal contribution to the discipline ... well written and accessible to a wide audience ... skilfully weaves a comparative viewpoint throughout and looks at public sector management from a broad all-encompassing perspective. The third edition will likely have a greater impact and a wider readership than the first two because its publication comes at a critical time ... Public Management Reforms stands out from its peers as a remarkably impartial look at howtwelve governments have sought to reform their operations. The book will stand the test of time and take its place among the classics in public administration. * Donald J. Savoie, Universite de Moncton *
More details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 249 mm
Width: 196 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
956 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-959508-2 (9780199595082)
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Persons
Christopher Pollitt was previously Professor of Government and Dean of Social Sciences at Brunel University (London -1990-98) and Professor of Public Management at Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (1999-2006). Christopher is author of more than 50 scientific articles and author or editor of more than a dozen scholarly books. He is a past editor of Public Administration, and currently edits the International Review of Administrative Sciences. He has
also undertaken extensive consultancy and advice work for a wide variety of organizations, including the European Commission, the OECD, the World Bank, H.M Treasury, the Finnish Ministry of Finance, the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and the Danish Top Executives Forum.
Geert Bouckaert is past-President of the European Group for Public Administration, and Chair of the Scientific Committee of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences. He publishes extensively on performance management and reform in the public sector.
also undertaken extensive consultancy and advice work for a wide variety of organizations, including the European Commission, the OECD, the World Bank, H.M Treasury, the Finnish Ministry of Finance, the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and the Danish Top Executives Forum.
Geert Bouckaert is past-President of the European Group for Public Administration, and Chair of the Scientific Committee of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences. He publishes extensively on performance management and reform in the public sector.
Content
Preface ; 1. Comparative Public Management Reform: an Introduction to the Key Debates ; 2. Problems and Responses: a Model of Public Management Reform ; 3. Many Houses: Types of Politico-Administrative Regime ; 4. Trajectories of Modernization and Reform ; 5. Results: Through a Glass Darkly ; 6. Politics and Management ; 7. Trade-Offs, Balances, Limits, Dilemmas, Contradictions, and Paradoxes ; 8. Reflections ; APPENDIX A: THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT ; APPENDIX B: COUNTRY FILES ; Australia ; Belgium ; Canada ; European Commission ; Finland ; France ; Germany ; Italy ; The Netherlands ; New Zealand ; Sweden ; United Kingdom ; United States of America