Public administration : an interdisciplinary critical analysis / edited by Eran Vigoda-Gadot.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vigoda-Gadot, Eran, 1966-

Series:

Public administration and public policy ; 99.

Public administration and public policy ; 99

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 389 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Marcel Dekker, [2002]

Contents:

1. The Legacy of Public Administration: Background and Review / Eran Vigoda 1

Part I Politics and Policy Analysis: Players and Interests in the Governing Process

2. Economic Versus Social Values and Other Dilemmas in Policy Making / Ira Sharkansky 19

3. Toward More Democratic Governance: Modernizing the Administrative State in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States / Gerald E. Caiden, Naomi J. Caiden 37

4. Accountability in New Public Management: An Elusive Phenomenon? / Robert Schwartz 63

5. Governing in a Market Era: Alternative Models of Governing / B. Guy Peters 85

6. The Quest for Collaboration: Toward a Comprehensive Strategy for Public Administration / Eran Vigoda, Etai Gilboa 99

Part II Social and Cultural Analysis: Values, Ethics, and Information Revolution in the Administrative Process

7. The Meaning of Work for Public-Sector Versus Private-Sector Employees / Raphael Snir, Itzhak Harpaz 119

8. New Ethical Challenges Under the New Reform Movements in the Public Administration Sector / Rivka Amado 139

9. Public Administration

The New Generation: Management in High-Information-Level Societies / Lynton K. Caldwell 151

10. The Digitized Health Service: A Theoretical Framework for Public Administration / Urs E. Gattiker, Inger Marie Giversen 177

11. Can Competition Transform Public Organizations? European Attempts to Revitalize Hospitals Through Market Mechanisms / Michael I. Harrison 211

Part III Organizational and Managerial Analysis: A Business Management Approach for the Public Sector

12. Some Organizational Learning About Change: Effective and Timely Change Are Not Oxymoronic in the Public Sector / Robert T. Golembiewski, Carl Miller 243

13. The Organization of Chaos: The Structure of Disaster Management / Alan Kirschenbaum 259

14. Consumer Communications Management and Public Administration: A View from the Business Bridge / Moshe Davidow 287

15. Toward Comprehensive Reform of Israel's Education System / Arye Globerson, Rami Ben-Yshai 305

Part IV Synthesis and Summary: Current Trends and the Way Forward

16. Public Management and Governance: Emerging Trends and Potential Future Directions / Tony Bovaird 345.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0824707176

OCLC:

49892471