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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971558903321

Autore

Eliassen Kjell A

Titolo

Understanding public management / / Kjell A. Eliassen and Nick Sitter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, CA, : SAGE Publications, 2008

ISBN

9786612262890

9781473902671

1473902673

9781412908580

1412908582

9781282262898

1282262890

9781849206464

1849206465

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 196 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SitterNick

Disciplina

351

Soggetti

Liberalism - Europe

Globalization - Europe

Public administration - Europe

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.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157792103321

Autore

Smith Phillip Gary

Titolo

300-Mile Man

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Phillip Gary Smith

ISBN

1-62517-816-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (84 p.) : ill

Soggetti

Endurance sports

Winter sports

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Triple Crown of Winter Endurance Trek freezing trails with tough endurance athletes braving hundreds of miles in winter's arduous elements: blowing snow, bitter temperatures, blustery winds. Discover polar secrets of these blizzardy behemoths. Face 366 miles of the big three of international winter ultras--Tuscobia Winter Ultramarathon, Arrowhead 135, Actif Epica.