LEADER 02814nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910811510103321 005 20240516134950.0 010 $a1-58901-893-1 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046190 035 $a(EBL)877171 035 $a(OCoLC)782879894 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000597386 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11368873 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000597386 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10577721 035 $a(PQKB)10079562 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC877171 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17397 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL877171 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10547384 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046190 100 $a20110831d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFederal management reform in a world of contradictions$b[electronic resource] /$fBeryl A. Radin 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, DC $cGeorgetown University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (216 p.) 225 1 $aPublic management and change series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58901-892-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aProposals for reform have dotted the federal management landscape in the United States for more than 50 years. Yet these efforts by public management professionals have frequently failed to produce lasting results. In her new book, Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions , renowned public administration scholar Beryl A. Radin reveals what may lie behind the failure of so many efforts at government management reform. To spur new thinking about this problem, Radin examines three basic sets of contradictions between the strategies of the reformers and the reality of the US federal 410 0$aPublic management and change. 606 $aAdministrative agencies$zUnited States$xManagement 606 $aCivil service reform$zUnited States 606 $aPublic administration$zUnited States 615 0$aAdministrative agencies$xManagement. 615 0$aCivil service reform 615 0$aPublic administration 676 $a352.3/670973 676 $a352.3670973 700 $aRadin$b Beryl$01717389 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811510103321 996 $aFederal management reform in a world of contradictions$94113594 997 $aUNINA