作者: Christopher Pollitt

In this important new book, Christopher Pollitt, one of the leading researchers in public policy and management, argues that we are guilty of neglecting a fundamental dimension of both the practice a …

The public sector continues to play a strategic role across the world. The last thirty years have seen major shifts in approaches to public sector management in many countries. There is also a fierce …

Despite their immense importance for many aspects of public service management, the specific features of places have been largely ignored in recent public management literature. Technologies have rec …

Since the third edition of this authoritative volume, most of Western Europe and North America have entered an era of austerity which has pervasive effects on programmes of public management reform. …

Since the third edition of this authoritative volume, most of Western Europe and North America have entered an era of austerity which has pervasive effects on programmes of public management reform. …

Public sector bureaucracies have been subjected to harsh criticism. One solution which has been widely adopted over the past two decades has been to ‘unbundle government’ – that is to break down mono …

Public sector bureaucracies have been subjected to harsh criticism. One solution which has been widely adopted over the past two decades has been to ‘unbundle government’ – that is to break down mono …

Public sector bureaucracies have been subjected to harsh criticism. One solution which has been widely adopted over the past two decades has been to ‘unbundle government’ – that is to break down mono …

Decentralise authority and let managers manage’ has been an almost universal message in UK public services over the last 15 years. But does it really work? Drawing on their own – and a wide range of …

Putting into context’ is a very common phrase – both in the social sciences and beyond. But what exactly do we mean by this, and how do we do it?In this book, leading scholars in public policy and ma …

Continuity and Change in Public Policy and Management offers a major reconsideration of patterns in long-term policymaking and organizational change. Christopher Pollitt and Geert Bouckaert use inter …