Public Management and Governance (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Bovaird, Tony; Loeffler, Elke

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Public Management and Governance is the leading text in international public management and governance and an ideal introduction to all aspects of this field. It combines rigorous insight from pre-eminent scholars around the world with a clear structure and supportive, thoughtful, and intuitive pedagogy. This revised and updated fourth edition responds to the significant changes in the external environment, as well as the field itself. It includes six new chapters covering aspects of increasing importance:

• Public management and governance developments in non-OECD countries
• Risk and resilience
• Innovation in public management and governance
• Digital public management
• Digital public governance
• Behavioural approaches to public policy

Throughout the new edition, there is a wealth of new content on emergent topics such as collaborative leadership, diversity and inclusion, complexity theory and evidence-informed policy. Each chapter is supplemented with discussion questions, group and individual exercises, case studies and recommendations on further reading; this edition also includes more international cases. This highly respected text is an essential resource for all students on undergraduate and postgraduate courses in public management, public administration, government, and public policy as well as for policymakers and practitioners seeking an up-to-date guide to the field.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 434
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000951868
• Artikelnr.: 68553497

Autorenporträt

Tony Bovaird is Emeritus Professor of Public Management and Policy at the University of Birmingham and Chief Executive of Governance International. He has published widely in strategic management, public policy evaluation, and public services management. Elke Loeffler is Senior Lecturer and Director of Strategic Partnerships (CPRL) at the Open University and Director of Governance International. She has published widely in public governance, quality management in the public sector and user and community co-production of public services.

Inhaltsangabe

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Notes on contributors

Foreword

Part I From Public Management to Governance

1. Understanding public management and governance




Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler


2. The changing context of public policy: local, national and international trends
   Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler





3. The changing role of public spending
   Peter M. Jackson





4. Public sector reforms across OECD countries
   Edwin Lau and Nick Manning





5. Public management and governance developments in non-OECD countries
   George Larbi





6. Behavioural approaches to public management and governance




Janne Kalucza and Caroline Fischer



Part II Public Management


7. Strategic management and marketing in public service organizations
   Tony Bovaird





8. Contracting and partnering for public services
   Carsten Greve and Andrew Erridge





9. Conceptual revolutions in public financial management
   Jim Chan and M.A. Zhiming





10. Human resource management in public service organisations
    Adrian Ritz and Eva Knies





11. Public services and management in the digital age
    Veiko Lember and Joep Crompvoets





12. Performance measurement and management in public sector organizations
    Geert Bouckaert and Wouter van Dooren





13. Process and quality management in public service organizations
    Kuno Schedler and Utz Helmuth





14. Regulatory inspection and public audit
    Slobodan Tomic




Part III Public Governance


15. Public governance for public value
    Elke Loeffler



16. Partnership working across public and private sectors
    Tony Bovaird and Erik-Hans Klijn





17. Management at 'arm's length': executive agencies and public bodies
    Sandra van Thiel





18. Managing 'wicked problems' through complex adaptive governance networks
    Chris Koliba and Joop Koppenjan





19. Innovation in public governance and management




Jacob Torfing




20. E-governance: concept, practice and ethics
    Arman Behrooz and Albert Meijer





21. Understanding public leadership
    Jean Hartley





22. Citizen engagement
    Elke Loeffler and Steve Martin





23. Co-production of public services and outcomes
    Elke Loeffler





24. Managing risk and resilience in the public domain




Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler




25. Transparency in government
    Alisdair Roberts





26. Changing equalities: politics, policies and practice
    Rachel Ashworth





27. Ethical considerations in the public sector: What is acceptable behaviour?
    Howard Davis, Suzanne Piotrowski and Lois Warner





28. Evidence-informed policy and practice
    Annette Boaz and Sandra Nutley
    




Part IV ... and finally


29. Public management and governance: the future?
    Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler

Index