B Guy Peters: 11 books
American Public Policy
Promise and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2018
This updated edition of American Public Policy by B. Guy Peters provides a comprehensive yet accessible overview of the policy-making process from procedural approaches and policy instruments to in-depth analysis of specific policy issues. The Eleventh Edition considers how policy has been impacted...
Pursuing Horizontal Management
The Politics of Public Sector Coordination
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
From the first, specialization and coordination have presented governments with a conundrum: specialized program might be best for delivering one service to the public, but combining such programs for all public services inevitably produces costly redundancies and inefficiencies. In this long-awaited...
Institutional Theory in Political Science
The New Institutionalism
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Institutional Theory in Political Science provides an in-depth analysis of contemporary institutional theory, an essential tool to understand the world of politics and government.
Written by B. Guy Peters, a prominent expert in the field, the book argues that the new institutionalism comprises...
Comparative Governance
Rediscovering the Functional Dimension of Governing
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2016
Decision-making is at the heart of governing and governance, and is a more challenging task compared to just a few decades ago as a result of increasing social complexity and globalization. In this book, B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre propose a new framework for the comparative analysis of governance,...
The Politics of Bureaucracy
An Introduction to Comparative Public Administration
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Written by B. Guy Peters, a leading authority in the field, this comprehensive exploration of the political and policy making roles of public bureaucracies is now available in a fully revised seventh edition, offering extensive, well-documented comparative analysis of the effects of politics on bureaucracy.
Updates...
by B. Guy Peters, Guy Peters
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Comparing Public Bureaucracies
Problems of Theory and Method
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2012
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The comparative study of public policy once promised to make major contributions to our understanding of government. Much of that promise now appears unfulfilled. What accounts for this decline in intellectual fortunes and change in intellectual...
Public Administration
Research Strategies, Concepts, and Methods
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Public Administration: Research Strategies, Concepts, and Methods explores how scholars of public administration and institutional politics can improve their analysis by focusing on the contextual particularities of their research problems and considering the use of multiple theories and methods....
The Next Public Administration
Debates and Dilemmas
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
Written by two of the leading scholars in the field, this book explores public administration in the past, present and future, critically reviewing the modernization of public management reform. It reasserts public administration as an integral component of democratic governance and fostering a state-citizen...
by B. Guy Peters
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Making effective public policies is a difficult task, but considering policymaking as a problem of design analogous to architecture or engineering can assist in that process. This book outlines three vital components of policy design: understanding the causes behind the problem being addressed; identifying...
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The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit…
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018
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