Crossing boundaries in public management and policy : the international experience / / edited by Janine O'Flynn, Deborah Blackman and John Halligan

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 s.)
• Disciplina: 351
• Soggetto topico: Public administration - International cooperation
• Altri autori: BlackmanDeborah A HalliganJohn O'FlynnJanine
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover ; Crossing Boundaries in Public Management and Policy; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; List of figures and tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Part I Introduction and the fundamental questions; 1 Crossing boundaries in public management and policy: an introduction; 2 Crossing boundaries: the fundamental questions in public management and policy; Part II Solutions to cross-boundary dilemmas?; 3 The cross-organizational collaboration solution? Conditions, roles and dynamics in New Zealand ; 4 The boundary-spanning solution? Crossing boundaries in the United States5 The culture solution? Culture and common purpose in Australia; 6 The structure solution? Public sector mergers in the United Kingdom; 7 The people and structure solution? Collegial administration in Norway; 8 The performance target solution? Cross-cutting public service agreements in the United Kingdom; 9 The collaboration solution? Factors for collaborative success; 10 The soft power solution? Managing without authority; 11 The diagnostic solution? Gauging readiness forcross-boundary working ; 12 The responsiveness solution? Embedding horizontal governance in CanadaPart III Cases of crossing boundaries in public management and policy; 13 Children's services: the impact of service integration in England; 14 Education and employment: stumbling across boundaries in the Netherlands; 15 Health: overcoming service delivery gaps in Austria; 16 Community safety: partnerships across boundaries in England; 17 Airport enclaves: bridging boundary tensions between airports and cities; Part IV Conclusion; 18 Crossing boundaries in public management and policy: conclusion and future issues; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: <P>In the 21<SUP>st</SUP> century governments are increasingly focusing on designing ways and means of connecting across boundaries to achieve goals. Whether issues are complex and challenging - climate change, international terrorism, intergenerational poverty- or more straightforward - provision of a single point of entry to government or delivering integrated public services - practitioners and scholars increasingly advocate the use of approaches which require connections across various boundaries, be they organizational, jurisdictional or sectorial.</P><P>Governments around the world conti
• Titolo autorizzato: Crossing boundaries in public management and policy
• ISBN: 1-136-26007-2; 0-203-10690-3; 1-136-26008-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816423703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management