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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457268503321

Autore

Pollitt Christopher

Titolo

Public management reform [[electronic resource] ] : a comparative analysis : new public management, governance, and the neo-Weberian state / / Christopher Pollitt and Geert Bouckaert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-34862-4

9786613348623

0-19-161871-3

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (386 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BouckaertGeert

Disciplina

351

Soggetti

Public administration

Administrative agencies - Management

Comparative government

Organizational change

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [332]-358) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; ABBREVIATIONS; 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 AND TABLES OF EVENTS; AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; CANADA; THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

FINLANDFRANCE; GERMANY; ITALY; THE NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

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