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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811510103321

Autore

Radin Beryl

Titolo

Federal management reform in a world of contradictions [[electronic resource] /] / Beryl A. Radin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Georgetown University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-58901-893-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Collana

Public management and change series

Disciplina

352.3/670973

352.3670973

Soggetti

Administrative agencies - United States - Management

Civil service reform - United States

Public administration - United States

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

Introduction -- The background -- Public/private management relationships -- Political structures matter -- Contracting out: A-76 -- Personnel policy reform -- Reorganization as reform -- Budgeting as reform -- Federalism and intergovernmental relations -- Performance measurement -- Living with contradictions.

Sommario/riassunto

Proposals for reform have dotted the federal management landscape in the United States for more than 50 years. Yet these efforts by public management professionals have frequently failed to produce lasting results. In her new book, Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions , renowned public administration scholar Beryl A. Radin reveals what may lie behind the failure of so many efforts at government management reform. To spur new thinking about this problem, Radin examines three basic sets of contradictions between the strategies of the reformers and the reality of the US federal