Public management reform : a comparative analysis
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Public management reform : a comparative analysis
Oxford University Press, 2000
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- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. [289]-305
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780198295969
Description
In this major new contribution to a rapidly expanding field, the authors offer an integrated analysis of the wave of management reforms which have swept through so many countries in the last twenty years. The reform trajectories of ten countries are compared, and key differences of approach discussed. Unlike some previous works, this volume affords balanced coverage to the 'New Public Management' (NPM) and the 'non-NPM' or 'reluctant NPM' countries, since it covers Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, the UK and the USA. Unusually, it also includes a preliminary analysis of attempts to improve management within the European Commission.
Table of Contents
- The Nature of Public Management Reform
- A Model of Management Reform - Problems and Responses
- Many Houses - Types of Politico-Administrative Regimes
- Trajectories of Modernization
- Results - Through a Glass Darkly
- Politics and Management
- Trade-Offs, Balances, Limits, and Dilemmas
- Reflections - Management and Governance. Appendices: Reform in 10 Countries
- A Summary of Contexts and Events.
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780198297222
Description
The authors offer an integrated analysis of the wave of management reforms which have swept through so many countries in the last twenty years. The reform trajectories of ten countries are compared, and key differences of approach discussed. Unlike some previous works, this volume affords balanced coverage to the New Public Management (NPM) and the non-NPM or reluctant NPM countries, since it covers Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, the UK and the USA. Unusually, it also includes a preliminary analysis of attempts to improve management within the European Commission. The complex and often-avoided question of the results of reform is tackled head-on. A general model of the process of reform is proposed in which key factors influencing the scope, speed and depth of change are identified and related to structures and strategies. In the second half of the book the authors critically dissect the claims of public sector transformations.
Table of Contents
- The Nature of Public Management Reform
- A Model of Management Reform - Problems and Responses
- Many Houses - Types of Politico-Administrative Regimes
- Trajectories of Modernization
- Results - Through a Glass Darkly
- Politics and Management
- Trade-Offs, Balances, Limits, and Dilemmas
- Reflections - Management and Governance. Appendices: Reform in 10 Countries
- A Summary of Contexts and Events.
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