GEERT BOUCKAERT is Professor and Director of the Public Management Institute, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
B. GUY PETERS is Maurice Falk Professor of American Government, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
KOEN VERHOEST is Assistant Professor and Research Manager, Public Management Institute, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
82 Ebooks by B. Guy Peters
Geert Bouckaert & B. Guy Peters: The Coordination of Public Sector Organizations
This book discusses the trajectories of creating specialized autonomous units. An analysis of the mechanisms and measures taken for granting autonomy to specialized autonomous units and subsequently …
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€96.29
B. Guy Peters & Philippe Zittoun: Contemporary Approaches to Public Policy
This book considers a range of contemporary approaches to public policy studies. These approaches are based on a number of theoretical perspectives on decision-making, as well as alternative perspect …
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€181.89
B. Guy Peters & Jon Pierre: Handbook of Public Policy
′The new handbook by Peters and Pierre provides an invaluable addition to the literature. It offers new scholars and practitioners a means to navigate many of the complex theoretical and practical is …
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€119.99
B. Guy Peters & Jon Pierre: The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration
The original Handbook of Public Administration was a landmark publication, the first to provide a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the discipline. The eagerly-awaited new edition of this sem …
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€35.99
B. Guy Peters & Jon Pierre: The Next Public Administration
Written by two of the leading scholars in the field, this book explores public administration in the past, present and future, critically reviewing the modernization of public management reform. It&# …
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€48.99
B. Guy Peters: American Public Policy
"This is an in-depth yet quite accessible overlook of public policy in the United Statesa With this updated version, Peters text keeps up with the ever-changing world of American public policy w …
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€99.81
B. Guy Peters: American Public Policy
"This is an in-depth yet quite accessible overlook of public policy in the United Statesa With this updated version, Peters text keeps up with the ever-changing world of American public policy w …
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€100.26
Aaron Wildavsky: The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis
The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis is a classic work of the Public Policy discipline. Wildavsky’s emphasis on the values involved in public policies, as well as the need to build political understa …
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€69.54
Vincent Wright: National Co-ordination of EU Policy
This book is the second of two volumes that examine how EU member states co-ordinate their European policies. In this second volume, the focus is on the European level. The book investigates the stra …
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€167.63
B. Guy Peters & Jon Pierre: Interactive Governance
Governance has become one of the most commonly used concepts in contemporary political science. It is, however, often used to mean a variety of different things. This book helps to clarify this conce …
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€35.14
Christopher Hood & B. Guy Peters: Reward for High Public Office
The choices made by governments about how to reward their top employees reveal a great deal about their values and their assumptions about governing. This book examines rewards of high public office …
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€128.42
B. Guy Peters & Jon Pierre: Politicians, Bureaucrats and Administrative Reform
Adminstrative reform in most western democracies over the past couple of decades has been characterized by bringing in market-based concepts of public-service delivery. This book looks critically at …
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€27.96
B. Guy Peters & Jon Pierre: Politicization of the Civil Service in Comparative Perspective
This book addresses an important issue and debate in public administration: the politicization of civil service systems and personnel. Using a comparative framework the authors address issues such as …
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€103.12
B. Guy Peters: Pursuing Horizontal Management
From the first, specialization and coordination have presented governments with a conundrum: specialized program might be best for delivering one service to the public, but combining such programs fo …
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€30.29
James Bickerton & B. Guy Peters: Governing
To honour the distinguished career of Donald Savoie, Governing brings together an accomplished group of international scholars who have concerned themselves with the challenges of governance, account …
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€48.79
Christopher Hood & B. Guy Peters: Reward for High Public Office
The choices made by governments about how to reward their top employees reveal a great deal about their values and their assumptions about governing. This book examines rewards of high public office …
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€61.63
Christopher Hood & B. Guy Peters: Reward for High Public Office
The choices made by governments about how to reward their top employees reveal a great deal about their values and their assumptions about governing. This book examines rewards of high public office …
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€61.63
B. Guy Peters & Jon Pierre: Politicians, Bureaucrats and Administrative Reform
Adminstrative reform in most western democracies over the past couple of decades has been characterized by bringing in market-based concepts of public-service delivery. This book looks critically at …
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€68.60
B. Guy Peters & Jon Pierre: Politicians, Bureaucrats and Administrative Reform
Adminstrative reform in most western democracies over the past couple of decades has been characterized by bringing in market-based concepts of public-service delivery. This book looks critically at …
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€69.34
B. Guy Peters & Guy Peters: Politics of Bureaucracy
Routledge is proud to publish the fifth edition of this comprehensive, comparative exploration of the political and policy-making roles of public bureaucracies in nations around the world. Written by …
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€45.98
B. Guy Peters & Guy Peters: Politics of Bureaucracy
Routledge is proud to publish the fifth edition of this comprehensive, comparative exploration of the political and policy-making roles of public bureaucracies in nations around the world. Written by …
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€46.21
B. Guy Peters & Jon Pierre: The Politicization of the Civil Service in Comparative Perspective
This book addresses an important issue and debate in public administration: the politicization of civil service systems and personnel. Using a comparative framework the authors address issues such as …
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€61.63
B. Guy Peters & Jon Pierre: The Politicization of the Civil Service in Comparative Perspective
This book addresses an important issue and debate in public administration: the politicization of civil service systems and personnel. Using a comparative framework the authors address issues such as …
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€60.98
B. Guy Peters: Strategies for Comparative Research in Political Science
Written by a prominent figure in the field, this book provides an accessible introduction to comparative methodology. Drawing on a wide range of approaches throughout, it is essential reading for any …
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€48.18
B. Guy Peters & Gerry Stoker: Relevance of Political Science
What does political science tell us about important real-world problems and issues? And to what extent does and can political analysis contribute to solutions? Debates about the funding, impact and r …
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€48.54
B. Guy Peters: Politics of Bureaucracy
Written by B. Guy Peters, a leading authority in the field, this comprehensive exploration of the political and policy making roles of public bureaucracies is now available in a fully revised seventh …
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€70.10
B. Guy Peters: Politics of Bureaucracy
Written by B. Guy Peters, a leading authority in the field, this comprehensive exploration of the political and policy making roles of public bureaucracies is now available in a fully revised seventh …
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€69.66
Christopher J. Bailey & Bruce E. Cain: Developments in American Politics 8
In this state-of-the-art textbook, a distinguished team of established experts and rising scholars discuss the legacy of the Obama years and the impact of the unexpected Trump presidential victory of …
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€44.93
Carl Dahlstrom & B. Guy Peters: Steering from the Centre
Governments face new challenges in an era marked by globalization, shifting economic and national security policies, pervasive electronic media, and policy reform. Steering from the Centre details ho …
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€37.23
Carl Dahlstrom & B. Guy Peters: Steering from the Centre
Governments face new challenges in an era marked by globalization, shifting economic and national security policies, pervasive electronic media, and policy reform. Steering from the Centre details ho …
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€36.85
James Bickerton & B. Guy Peters: Governing
To honour the distinguished career of Donald Savoie, Governing brings together an accomplished group of international scholars who have concerned themselves with the challenges of governance, account …
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€48.79
Marleen Brans & B.Guy Peters: Rewards for High Public Office in Europe and North America
Anyone observing the recent scandals in the United Kingdom could not fail to understand the political importance of the rewards of high public office. The British experience has been extreme but by n …
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€66.91
Marleen Brans & B.Guy Peters: Rewards for High Public Office in Europe and North America
Anyone observing the recent scandals in the United Kingdom could not fail to understand the political importance of the rewards of high public office. The British experience has been extreme but by n …
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€67.01
Tero Erkkila & Patrick von Maravic: Public Administration
Public Administration: Research Strategies, Concepts, and Methods explores how scholars of public administration and institutional politics can improve their analysis by focusing on the contextual pa …
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€61.19
Tero Erkkila & Patrick von Maravic: Public Administration
Public Administration: Research Strategies, Concepts, and Methods explores how scholars of public administration and institutional politics can improve their analysis by focusing on the contextual pa …
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€61.48
B Guy Peters & Jon Pierre: SAGE Handbook of Public Administration
The original Handbook of Public Administration was a landmark publication, the first to provide a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the discipline. The eagerly-awaited new edition of this sem …
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€26.69
B Guy Peters & Jon Pierre: Next Public Administration
Written by two of the leading scholars in the field, this book explores public administration in the past, present and future, critically reviewing the modernization of public management reform. It r …
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€44.48
B. Guy Peters: American Public Policy
American Public Policy provides a comprehensive overview of the policy-making process. From procedural approaches and policy instruments to in-depth analysis of specific policy issues, bestselling au …
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€119.99
B. Guy Peters: American Public Policy
American Public Policy provides a comprehensive overview of the policy-making process. From procedural approaches and policy instruments to in-depth analysis of specific policy issues, bestselling au …
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€119.99
Michael W. Bauer & Stefan Becker: Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration
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€33.35
Michael W. Bauer & Stefan Becker: Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration
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€33.37
Fernando Luiz Abrucio & Eduardo Grin: American Federal Systems and COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic struck as a global problem, a virus spreading without respect for territorial boundaries. National responses to mitigate the multi-dimensional effects provoked by the pandemic h …
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€88.19
Fernando Luiz Abrucio & Eduardo Grin: American Federal Systems and COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic struck as a global problem, a virus spreading without respect for territorial boundaries. National responses to mitigate the multi-dimensional effects provoked by the pandemic h …
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€87.49
Iris Geva-May & Joselyn Muhleisen: Regional Comparisons in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies
Volume Three of the Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis, contains chapters concerned with "Regional Comparisons and Policy Analysis" – one of the most prevailing approaches in comparati …
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€51.34
Iris Geva-May & Joselyn Muhleisen: Policy Sectors in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies
Volume Four of the Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis, "Policy Sectors in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies" contains chapters concerned with comparison within disciplinary policy se …
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€51.54
B. Guy Peters: Administrative Traditions
Contemporary public administration reflects its historical roots, as well as contemporary ideas about how the public bureaucracy should be organized and function. This book argues that there are admi …
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€90.59
B. Guy Peters: Administrative Traditions
Contemporary public administration reflects its historical roots, as well as contemporary ideas about how the public bureaucracy should be organized and function. This book argues that there are admi …
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€91.51
B. Guy Peters & Jon Pierre: Governance, Politics and the State
Having started out as a new and alternative way of thinking about policy making and governing more broadly, governance is now established as a dominant paradigm in understanding national, subnational …
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€39.35
B Guy Peters & Jon Pierre: Advanced Introduction to Governance
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be ac …
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€20.59
B. Guy Peters & Conrado Ramos: Emerald Handbook of Public Administration in Latin America
While most scholarship on public administration in Latin America has taken an overtly legal approach, this handbook examines the subject from a political and public management perspective. In so doin …
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€175.92
B. Guy Peters & Conrado Ramos: Emerald Handbook of Public Administration in Latin America
While most scholarship on public administration in Latin America has taken an overtly legal approach, this handbook examines the subject from a political and public management perspective. In so doin …
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€174.96
Iris Geva-May & Joselyn Muhleisen: Institutions and Governance in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies
Volume Two of the Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis, contains chapters concerned with "Institutions and Governance in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies". They highlight that at the …
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€50.81
Iris Geva-May & Joselyn Muhleisen: Theory and Methods in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies
Volume One of the Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis, "Theory and Methods in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies" includes chapters that apply or further theory and methodology in the …
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€51.07
Iris Geva-May & Joselyn Muhleisen: Policy Sectors in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies
Volume Four of the Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis, "Policy Sectors in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies" contains chapters concerned with comparison within disciplinary policy se …
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€50.81
Iris Geva-May & Joselyn Muhleisen: Regional Comparisons in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies
Volume Three of the Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis, contains chapters concerned with "Regional Comparisons and Policy Analysis" – one of the most prevailing approaches in comparati …
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English
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€51.47
Iris Geva-May & Joselyn Muhleisen: Institutions and Governance in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies
Volume Two of the Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis, contains chapters concerned with "Institutions and Governance in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies". They highlight that at the …
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English
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€51.54
Iris Geva-May & Joselyn Muhleisen: Theory and Methods in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies
Volume One of the Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis, "Theory and Methods in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies" includes chapters that apply or further theory and methodology in the …
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€51.25
B. Guy (University of Pittsburgh, USA) Peters: American Public Policy : Promise and Performance
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€107.88
B. Guy Peters: American Public Policy
"This is an in-depth yet quite accessible overlook of public policy in the United Statesa With this updated version, Peters text keeps up with the ever-changing world of American public policy w …
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€99.93
Guillaume Fontaine & B. Guy Peters: Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Comparative Policy Analysis
This timely Handbook offers a wide-ranging examination of contemporary comparative policy analysis (CPA), advancing the understanding of methodology in the study of comparative public policies, and b …
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€44.94
B. Guy Peters: Institutional Theory in Political Science, Fourth Edition
How are institutions formed and how do they change? How do institutions interact to produce action? And how formal do institutions need to be to become effective actors of governance? This textbook p …
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€34.67
B. Guy Peters & Jon Pierre: Research Agenda for Governance
Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of trave …
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€33.18
Christopher Hood & Oliver James: Controlling Modern Government
Are public sector institutions being exposed to ever-greater oversight, audit and inspection in the name of efficiency, accountability and risk management? Controlling Modern Government explores the …
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€42.15
Arwin van Buuren & Jenny M. Lewis: Policy-Making as Designing
The articles on which Chapters 4, 5 and 6 are based are available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Design approaches to policy-making have gained increasing popularity among policy makers in recen …
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€52.99
Arwin van Buuren & Jenny M. Lewis: Policy-Making as Designing
The articles on which Chapters 4, 5 and 6 are based are available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Design approaches to policy-making have gained increasing popularity among policy makers in recen …
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€38.43
Michael Keating & Ian McAllister : The Problem of Governing
This book provides an appreciation of the work of renowned scholar Richard Rose. Over a career spanning more than six decades, Rose has explored a vast range of subjects related to British, American …
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€117.69
B. Guy Peters: Health Policy in the United States
Written by a well-respected health and public policy expert, this book provides a comprehensive exploration of the under-appreciated role of public health policy in the United States’ medical care in …
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€48.99
B. Guy Peters: Health Policy in the United States
Written by a well-respected health and public policy expert, this book provides a comprehensive exploration of the under-appreciated role of public health policy in the United States’ medical care in …
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€38.51
Colin Campbell & B. Guy Peters: Organizing Governance, Governing Organizations
In recent years, Western bureaucracies have continued to expand, but are citizens better served? In this volume, sixteen contributors analyze the problems of government organization, both in individu …
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€54.99
Francisco Panizza & B. Guy Peters: The Politics of Patronage Appointments in Latin American Central Administrations
Although merit system selection and management of public personnel is thought of as the standard for good governance, public employees frequently are appointed by political officials rather than bein …
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€54.99
Thomas Schillemans & Jon Pierre: Media and Governance
First published as a special issue of Policy & Politics, this updated volume explores the intersections between governance and media in western democracies, which have undergone profound recent c …
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€39.99
John A. Hird: Policy Analysis in the United States
Policy Analysis in the United States brings together contributions from some of the world’s leading scholars and practitioners of public policy analysis including Beryl Radin, David Weimer, Rebecca M …
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€38.99
John A. Hird: Policy Analysis in the United States
Policy Analysis in the United States brings together contributions from some of the world’s leading scholars and practitioners of public policy analysis including Beryl Radin, David Weimer, Rebecca M …
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€34.44
Jon Pierre & Thomas Schillemans: Media and Governance
First published as a special issue of Policy & Politics, this updated volume explores the intersections between governance and media in western democracies, which have undergone profound recent c …
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€36.03
B. Guy Peters & Jon Pierre: Governance, Politics and the State
Having started out as a new and alternative way of thinking about policy making and governing more broadly, governance is now established as a dominant paradigm in understanding national, subnational …
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€39.22
B. Guy Peters: Comparing Public Bureaucracies
The comparative study of public policy once promised to make major contributions to our understanding of government. Much of that promise now appears unfulfilled. What accounts for this decline in in …
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€34.60
