Public Management and Performance: Research Directions - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521116635 ISBN 13: 9780521116633

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Public services touch the majority of people in advanced and developing economies on a daily basis: children require schooling, the elderly need personal care and assistance, rubbish needs collecting, water must be safe to drink and the streets need policing. In short, there is practically no area of our lives that isn't touched in some way by public services. As such, knowledge about strategies to improve their performance is central to the good of society. In this book, a group of leading scholars examine some of the most pressing issues in public administration, political science and public policy by undertaking a systematic review of the research literature on public management and the performance of public agencies. It is an important resource for public management researchers, policy-makers and practitioners who wish to understand the state of the field and the challenges that lie ahead.

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About the Author

Richard M. Walker is Professor of Public Management and Policy at the University of Hong Kong and Senior Research Associate at Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. George A. Boyne is Professor of Public Sector Management at Cardiff University. Gene A. Brewer is Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs and Visiting Professor of Public Management at the Utrecht University School of Governance in the Netherlands.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521116635
• ISBN 13: 9780521116633
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Walker Richard M., Boyne George A., Brewer Gene A.