Public Affairs Administration category: 1291 books
Public Accountability and Health Care Governance
Public Management Reforms Between Austerity and Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
This book deals with the critical empirical void created by the speed at which healthcare restructuring has taken place in Europe. Chapters explore the political uncertainty and budgetary pressures which have led governments increasingly to turn to New Public Management (NPM)-style reforms to attempt...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2018
The effects of recent economic and financial crises have reached an international scale. A number of different nations have experienced the fallout of these events, calling into question issues of accountability and reform in public management. The Handbook of Research on Modernization and Accountability...
Democracy When the People Are Thinking
Revitalizing Our Politics Through Public Deliberation
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
Democracy requires a connection to the 'will of the people'. What does that mean in a world of 'fake news', relentless advocacy, dialogue mostly among the like-minded, and massive spending to manipulate public opinion? What kind of opinion can the public have under such conditions? What would democracy...
Governing by Contract
Challenges and Opportunities for Public Managers
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2002
Is the public getting a good deal when the government contracts out the delivery of goods and services? Phillip Cooper attempts to get at the heart of this question by exploring what happens when public sector organizations—at the federal, state and local levels—form working relationships with...
Comparing Public Policies
Issues and Choices in Industrialized Countries
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
The study of comparative public policy reveals the intensely political nature of policy choices. While policy analysts often look to policy successes and failures outside their borders to draw valuable lessons and insights, cultural, economic, political, and institutional conditions vary from country...
Public Sector Reforms in Developing Countries
Paradoxes and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
The underpinning assumption of public management in the developing world as a process of planned change is increasingly being recognized as unrealistic. In reality, the practice of development management is characterized by processes of mutual adjustment among individuals, agencies, and interest groups...
Local Public Finance Management in the People's Republic of China
Challenges and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
The People's Republic of China is a highly decentralized unitary state with local governments having a dominant share of public service delivery responsibility. Local governance is critically linked to a local public finance system that creates incentives and accountability mechanisms. To ensure the...
by Global Policy
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017
Urbanisation creates as many opportunities for societies as it does a gamut of challenges. Globally, more and more nations are pondering the concept of a ‘smart city,’ and examining the suitability of applying so-called smart solutions to the multifaceted problems of cities. This publication documents...
Evaluation for the real world
The impact of evidence in policy making
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
Evaluation research findings should be a key element of the policy-making process, yet in reality they are often disregarded. This valuable book examines the development of evaluation and its impact on public policy by analysing evaluation frameworks and criteria which are available when evaluating...
by Sandford F. Borins
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Sandford Borins addresses the enduring significance of innovation in government as practiced by public servants, analyzed by scholars, discussed by media, documented by awards, and experienced by the public. In The Persistence of Innovation in Government, he maps the changing landscape of American...
Paying Our High Public Officials
Evaluating the Political Justifications of Top Wages in the Public Sector
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
In almost every liberal democratic society, an issue that is a topic of constant and passionate public discussion is how much that country’s ministers, legislators, senior civil servants, and senior judges should be paid. Nor is this surprising; the issue has considerable voyeuristic appeal, particular...
Effective Implementation In Practice
Integrating Public Policy and Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
A unique approach to policy implementation with essential guidance and useful tools
Effective Implementation in Practice: Integrating Public Policy and Management presents an instrumental approach to implementation analysis. By spanningpolicy fields, organizations, and frontline conditions...
Public Information Management and E-Government
Policy and Issues
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Recently, the public sector has given an increasing amount of national and international attention to electronic government systems. Therefore, it is inevitable that the theoretical implications and intersections between information technology and governmental matters are more widely discussed. Public...
Visual Culture and Public Policy
Towards a visual polity?
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014
Traditionally, images have played an important role in politics and policy making, mostly in relation to propaganda and public communication. However, contemporary society is inundated with visual material due to the increasing ubiquity of media and visual technologies that facilitate the production,...