Managerialism and the Public Services by Christopher Pollitt

Managerialism and the Public Services by Christopher Pollitt

From 1980 to 1990, almost every public service has undergone a "management revolution". New budgeting, appraisal and performance measurement techniques have been showered on civil servants, teachers, health service staff and local government officers. In this book, Christopher Pollitt identifies the key features of these changes in a range of public services from healthcare and education to local government and the civil service. He attempts to show how the new form of "scientific management" which has emerged is critically flawed, appraises recent alternatives to "scientific management" and covers developments in both the UK and USA.

Christopher Pollitt is Emeritus Professor at the Public Governance Institute, Leuven. Previously he was Editor of Public Administration and the International Review of Administrative Sciences. Winner of the 2004 Hans Sigrist International Prize for his work of comparative government, he has worked
in the UK, the USA, the Netherlands and Belgium. He is the author of more than a dozen books and well over 60 scientific articles. Christopher has undertaken advisory roles for the European Commission, the World Bank, the OECD and five national governments.

Geert Bouckaert is professor of public management at the KU Leuven Public Governance Institute. He is currently President of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), after having served as president of its European Group for Public Administration (EGPA). He received the
Anneliese Maier Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 2015. He is the recipient of several honorary doctorates. His publications are in the field of reform, performance, financial management, and trust. He serves in several editorial boards including JPART, PAR, and PPMR.

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ISBN 13	9780631188377
ISBN 10	0631188371
Title	Managerialism and the Public Services
Author	Christopher Pollitt
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published	1993-03-04
Number of pages	256
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