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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778317803321

Autore

Eliassen Kjell A

Titolo

Understanding public management [[electronic resource] /] / Kjell A. Eliassen and Nick Sitter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2008

ISBN

1-4739-0267-3

9786612262890

1-4129-0858-2

1-282-26289-0

1-84920-646-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 196 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SitterNick

Disciplina

351

Soggetti

Public administration

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

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Liberalising and Modernising Public Services; 1 - Internationalisation, Globalisation andLiberalisation - Strategic Challengesfor Public Governance; 2 - European Integration - RecapturingSovereignty and InstitutionalisingLiberalisation; 3 - Liberalisation and Privatisation; 4 - Regulation and Competition Policy; 5 - Modernising Public Administration:To the New Public Managementand Beyond; 6 - Modernising Government - EGovernment; 7 - Organisational Design andInstitutional Governance; 8 - Tools of Management and Leadership

Conclusion:Public Service Delivery in the 'Knowledge Society'Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Designed for undergraduates in public governance as well as students on Masters in Public Administration programmes, the authors introduce and evaluate the field in the context of four broad areas of contemporary debate.