Reasserting the public in public services : new public management reforms / / edited by M. Ramesh, E. Araral and Wu Xun

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792380203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-135-16823-7; 1-282-57164-8; 9786612571640; 0-203-85852-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Collana: Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy ; ; v.v. 12
• Altri autori (Persone): AraralEduardo; RameshM. <1960->; XunWu
• Disciplina: 352.3/67
• Soggetti: Public administration; Public-private sector cooperation - Evaluation; Privatization - Evaluation; Public welfare; Social policy
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; 1 Introduction: Reasserting the role of the state in public services; 2 The role of the State in governing: Governance and metagovernance; 3 Reversing privatization, rebalancing government reform: Markets, deliberation and planning; 4 Why legality cannot be contracted out: Exploring the limits of New Public Management; 5 How far has market orientation penetrated public organizations?: An empirical test on customer satisfaction; 6 Repositioning the state and the public sector reform agenda: The case of Hong Kong; 7 Reasserting the role of the state in the healthcare sector: Lessons from Asia8 Reassertions of the state in Viet Nam's health sector; 9 Reasserting the public in public service delivery: The de-privatization and de-marketization of education in China; 10 Public planning with business delivery of urban public transport; 11 Planning for power: ; Lessons from three generations of Brazilian electricity reforms; 12 The fiscal and efficiency hypothesis of water utilities' privatization: A review of the evidence; 13 Conclusion: Contradictions, contingencies and the terrain ahead; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: After two decades of dominating the public sector reform agenda, privatization is on the wane as states gradually reassert themselves in many formerly privatized sectors. The change of direction is a response to the realization that privatization is not working as intended, especially in public service sectors.This landmark volume brings together leading social scientists, including B. Guy Peters, Anthony Cheung and Jon Pierre, to systematically discuss the emerging patterns of the reassertion of the state in the delivery of essential public services. The state under these eme