Public Management Reform by Geert Bouckaert

Public Management Reform by Geert Bouckaert

Since its publication in 2000, Public Management Reform has established itself as the standard text in the field, presenting a comparative analysis of recent changes in Public Management and Public Administration in a range of countries in Europe, North America, and Australasia. This completely rewritten second edition radically expands, develops, and updates the original. Two countries have been added to the comparison (making twelve countries in all) and a much fuller treatment has been provided of the European Commission (including a commentary on the recent reforms led by Vice-President Kinnock). Empirical data has been brought up to date, so as to cover many key developments of the last few years. The theoretical framework of the book has been further developed, including a challenging new interpretation of the trends in continental Europe, which are seen here as markedly different from the Anglo-American style 'New Public Management'. This second edition provides an unparalleled synthesis of developments in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, the UK, the USA, and the European Commission.It is organized in an integrated format, within an overall theoretical framework that identifies the main pressures for, and trajectories of, change. It includes a multi-dimensional analysis of the results of reform, and a chapter reflecting on the dynamic relationship between management reform and politics. Extensive appendices provide an invaluable information resource for students.

"What a wonderfully well-crafted work this is, the best thing available on public management"--Professor Laurence ELynn Jr., George Bush Chair and Professor of Public Affairs, Texas A&M University, "This is a rich and informative book which any researcher, lecturer, or student in the field of public management or administration will want to use."--Political Studies.

ARIE HALACHMI is Professor of Public Management at the Institute of Government at Tennessee State University, and is affiliated with the Netherlands Institute of Government and the University of Twente. He is the Rapporteur of the International Working Group on Public Sector Productivity of the Brussels Based International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) and the author or coauthor of several books and numerous articles on public sector management and productivity issues. He is also the managing editor of Public Productivity and Management Review.

GEERT BOUCKAERT is Professor at the Public Management Centre of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, in Leuven, Belgium. He holds graduate degrees in Business Engineering, Political Sciences, and Philosophy, and earned his Ph.D. in Social Sciences from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Bouckaert's fields of research are public sector productivity and financial management.

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ISBN 13	9780199268498
ISBN 10	0199268495
Title	Public Management Reform
Author	Geert Bouckaert
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2004-05-27
Number of pages	362
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