The state of public management

Author(s)

• Kettl, Donald F.
• Milward, H. Brinton
• National Public Management Research Conference (2nd : 1993 : University of Wisconsin--Madison)

Bibliographic Information

The state of public management

edited by Donald F. Kettl and H. Brinton Milward

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996

• : hc. : alk. paper

Note

Contains papers presented at the National Public Management Research Conference held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in October 1993

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Public management stands at the intersection of theory and practice. It seeks to help scholars frame questions that will improve their understanding of how policy ideas become transformed into practice and to help government managers see past the narrow issues on their desks to the broader implications of their work. In this work, the authors bring together contributors who focus on the interdisciplinary nature of public management. Scholars from the social sciences - economics, political science, sociology and psychology - examine what traditional disciplines bring to the debate. Other analysts build on this foundation to probe the theoretical bases of, and practical solutions for public management.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Governance and Public Management Chapter 1. Models of Governance for the 1990s Part II: Disciplinary Foundations Chapter 2. Knowledge for Practice: Of What Use Are The Disciplines? Chapter 3. Political Science Chapter 4. Sociology Chapter 5. Economics Chapter 6. Psychology Part III: Organizational Networks in Theory and Practice Chapter 7. Managing Across Boundaries Chapter 8. Turf Barriers to Interagency Collaboration Chapter 9. Designing and Implementing Volunteer Programs Chapter 10. Leadership of a State Agency Chapter 11. Rational Choice and the Public Management of Interorganizational Networks Part IV: Bringing Theory and Practice Together Chapter 12. Critical Incidents and Emergent Issues in Managing Large-Scale Change Chapter 13. Organizational Redesign in the Public Sector Conclusion: What is Public Management? Notes on Contributors Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA28939517
• ISBN:
  • 0801852757
• LCCN: 95050984
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Baltimore
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 324 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JF1351
  • DC20 : 350
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Public administration