Kjell A Eliassen & Nick Sitter 
Understanding Public Management [EPUB ebook] 

′A broad-ranging and highly intelligent account of key recent developments internationally which skillfully updates the public management and governance literatures′ –
Ewan Ferlie, Royal Holloway

′Public management has been radically changed and reformed… this book gives students a fine introduction to these changes and to the theories dealing with them′ – Jørgen Grønnegaard Christensen, University of Aarhus

An introduction and guide to the dramatic changes that have occurred in the provision of public services over the last two decades, this book combines theoretical perspectives with a range of case studies from Europe, North America and further afield to explain why, how and with what success liberal democracies have reformed the service role of the state.

The book pays close attention to four major dimensions of this transition:

‘ External challenges and opportunties : globalisation and EU integration

‘ Reducing the role of the state : Liberalisation, privatisation, regulation and competition policy

‘ Improving the role of the state : New Public Management, e-Government and beyond

‘ Managing the New Public Sector : organisations, strategy and leadership

This text is designed for undergraduate courses in public governance, but it also addresses the core components of MPA programmes – the parameters, tools, principles and theories of public sector reform.

Tabella dei contenuti

Introduction

Liberalising and Modernising Public Services

Internationalisation, Globalisation and Liberalisation

Strategic Challenges for Public Governance

European Integration

Recapturing Sovereignty and Institutionalising Liberalisation

Liberalisation and Privatization

Regulation and Competition Policy

Modernising Public Administration

To the New Public Management and Beyond

Modernising Government

e Government

Organisational Design and Institutional Governance

Tools of Management and Leadership

Conclusion

Public Service Delivery in the ′Knowledge Society′

Circa l’autore

Professor Nick Sitter joined the Department of Public Policy as Head of Department in 2008. His research interests include comparative European public policy, regulation, party systems, and Euroscepticism. Recent books include Understanding Public Management (Sage 2008) and Europe’s Nascent State: Public Policy in the EU (Gyldendal 2006).

Nick Sitter holds a Ph D from the London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Government, on the development of competitive party systems in post-communist East Central Europe. He also holds an MSc in West European Politics and BSc (econ) in Government and History from the London School of Economics.

Previous academic positions include lectureships in European politics and political economy at BI Norwegian School of Management, the American University, Florida State University, and Reading University, and a part-time teacher position at the LSE. Before completing his Ph D, Nick Sitter worked as a political consultant in London.