The future of post-human public administration. Volume 2 : towards a new theory of policy and implementation / by Peter Baofu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baofu, Peter, author.

Series:

World Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration--Management.

Public administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Is public administration so effective that, as William Poole once wrote, ""it is highly desirable that policy practice be formalized to the maximum possible extent""? (FAM 2014) This favorable view on policy and implementation can be contrasted with an opposing view by Thomas Sowell, who warned that ""you will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing."" (FAM 2014a) Contrary to these opposing views (and other ones as will be discussed in the book), public administration (in relation to policy and implementation) ar

Contents:

""The Future of Post-Human Public Administration: Towards a New Theory of Policy and Implementation. Volume 2""; ""The Future of Post-Human Public Administration: Towards a New Theory of Policy and Implementation. Volume 2""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""BOOKS ALSO BY PETER BAOFU""; ""CONTENTS""; ""TABLES""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""PART THREE: Implementation""; ""Chapter 3: Implementation and Its Doubleness""; ""The Effectiveness of Implementation""; ""Implementation and the Mind""; ""Implementation and Nature""; ""Implementation and Society""

""Implementation, Digitalization, and Governance""""Implementation, Decentralization, and NPM""; ""Implementation and Culture""; ""Implementation, Methodology, and Impact Evaluation""; ""The Ineffectiveness of Implementation""; ""PART FOUR: Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 4: CONCLUSION�THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION""; ""Beyond Policy and Implementation""; ""In Relation to Method""; ""In Relation to Structure""; ""In Relation to Process""; ""In Relation to Agency""; ""In Relation to Outcome""; ""39th Thesis: The Post-Human Tension""; ""Towards the Post-Human Tension""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""

""INDEX""""Blank Page""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 16, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63463-466-7

OCLC:

898892928