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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459897303321

Autore

Galnoor Itzhak

Titolo

Public management in Israel : development, structure, functions, and reforms / / Itzhak Galnoor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-92386-1

1-282-78108-1

9786612781087

0-203-84496-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; ; 28

Disciplina

351.5694

Soggetti

Administrative agencies - Israel - Management

Executive departments - Israel - Management

Civil service - Israel

Civil service reform - Israel

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. [174]-185) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Civil service: A comparative perspective; 2 The public sector in Israel broadly defined; 3 The legal framework of the civil service; 4 The functioning of the Israeli civil service; 5 Regulation; 6 Civil servants; 7 The senior echelons; 8 The budget process; 9 Oversight and control of the civil service; 10 The culture of administration in Israel; 11 Public management reforms; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As government management in Israel is gradually replaced by private sector management, it is becoming apparent that the collective-oriented mission of government cannot be fulfilled by the private sector or by the non-profit organizations of civil society. This book provides an analysis of the machinery of government in Israel, highlighting the inadequacy of the private sector as an alternative and how public management will need to cope with the new challenges and pressures



of the 21st century. Providing hitherto unpublished data and analysis in English for the first time, th