"Despite the reforms of the past several decades, more change is needed if the public sector is to be capable of producing effective and accountable government."--Back cover
"This major new text assesses the main theoretical approaches and applies them to understanding real-world regulatory problems, encouraging students and practitioners in public management to think critically and creatively about the different tools available to them."--Résumé de…
"States of emergency are declared by governments with alarming frequency. When they are declared, it is taken for granted that their nature is understood. This book argues against this established view. Instead, the view advanced here, analyzes what makes emergencies different f…
This book seeks to elucidate its subject--the governing of democratic states--by making intelligible the party politics of democracies.--From foreword.
This book seeks to elucidate its subject--the governing of democratic states--by making intelligible the party politics of democracies.--From foreword.
A comparative, interdisciplinary examination of the mechanisms behind public administration Global Dimensions of Public Administration and Governance is a comprehensive, comparative text on the structure and function of governments around the world. Written by two of the field's…
'Party Patronage and Party Government in European Democracies' brings together insights from the worlds of party politics and public administration in order to analyze the role of political parties in public appointments across contemporary Europe.