International handbook of public management reform / edited by Shaun F. Goldfinch and Joe L. Wallis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goldfinch, Shaun, 1967-

Wallis, Joe (Joe L.)

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration.

Administrative agencies--Reorganization.

Administrative agencies.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 378 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2009.

Summary:

This major Handbook provides a state-of-the-art study of the recent history and future development of international public management reform.

Contents:

1. Introduction / Shaun F. Goldfinch.

2. The influence of economic theories of government failure on public management reform / Brian Dollery

3. HRM in the public sector : is it enough? / Marie-France Waxin and Robert Bateman

4. New public management and the politics of accountability / Robert Gregory

5. Public value-seeking leadership : its nature, rationale and development in the context of public management reform / Joe L. Wallis and Linda McLoughlin

6. 'E-government' : is it the next big public sector trend? / Robin Gauld

7. Dangerous enthusiasms and information systems development in the public sector / Shaun F. Goldfinch.

8. Public management reform in the United Kingdom : great leaps, small steps and policies as their own cause / Kai Wegrich.

9. New Zealand : reforming a new public management exemplar? / Shaun F. Goldfinch.

10. New public management in Australia / Marian Simms

11. The challenge of renewing governance in Canada / Stephen Tomblin

12. The United States : the political context of administrative reform / Bert A. Rockman and Thierno Thiam

13. French. administrative reform : change and resistance / Glynn Jones and Alistair Cole

14. Senior civil servants and bureaucratic change in Belgium / Guido Dierickx

15. Dynamic conservatism : the rise and evolution of public management reforms in the Netherlands / Mirko Noordegraaf

16. Danish public management reform before and after NPM / Jørgen Christensen

17. Public management reform in Norway : reluctance and tensions / Tom Christensen and Per Lægreid

18. Public management reform in Hong Kong / Anthony B.L. Cheung

19. Public sector management reform in Japan / Kiyoshi Yamamoto

20. Conclusion : is there a common thread? / Joe L. Wallis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781849802031 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.