New public management / Jan-Erik Lane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lane, Jan-Erik.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration.

Contracting out.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on economics, organisational theory and politics, Jan-Erik Lane presents new public management from an analytical perspective.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Introduction: the challenge of 2000; Where we stand; Basic approaches in the twentieth century; Practical relevance of public sector management; From where we come; The bureau: too much X-inefficiency; The public enterprise: not socially useful; Redistribution: the efficiency-equity trade-off; Welfare states or welfare societies?; Where we are heading; From long-term to short-term contracting; Contractualism in the public sector: the basic approach; Variety of roles of government in contracting regimes

Public policy, contracting and the CEOsThe contracting state: no risk for organisational failures?; Conclusion: the relevance and limit of contractualism in public governance; References; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-233) and index.

ISBN:

3-11-016173-7

1-134-57410-X

1-134-57411-8

0-203-46732-9

1-280-40387-X

9780203467329

OCLC:

335214911