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THE NEW PUBLIC GOVERNANCE? IBD

ROUTLEDGE
12 / 2009
9780415494625
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Sinopsis

Despite predictions that âÇÖnew public managementâÇÖ would establish itself as the new paradigm of Public Administration and Management, recent academic research has highlighted concerns about the intra-organizational focus and limitations of this approach. This book represents a comprehensive analysis of the state of the art of public management, examining and framing the debate in this important area.áThe New Public Governance? sets out to explore this emergent field of research and to present a framework with which to understand it. Divided into five parts,áthe bookáexamines:áTheoretical underpinnings of the concept of governance, especially competing perspectives from Europe and the USGovernance of inter-organizational partnerships and contractual relationshipsGovernance of policy networksLessons learned and future directionsáUnder the steely editorship of Stephen Osborne and with contributions from leading academics including Owen Hughes, John M. Bryson, Don Kettl, Guy Peters and Carsten Greve, this book will be of particular interest to researchers and students of public administration, public management, public policy and public services management.

PVP
375,28