Understanding Public Management

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′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</p>
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<p>′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</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>The book pays close attention to four major dimensions of this transition:</p>
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<p>" External challenges and opportunties: globalisation and EU integration</p>
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<p>" Reducing the role of the state: Liberalisation, privatisation, regulation and competition policy </p>
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<p>" Improving the role of the state: New Public Management, e-Government and beyond</p>
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<p>" Managing the New Public Sector: organisations, strategy and leadership</p>
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<p>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.