Public Management and Governance

Tony Bovaird, Elke Loeffler (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

412 Seiten

2023 | 4th edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-25373-2 (ISBN)

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Public Management and Governance is the leading text in international public management and governance and an ideal introduction to all aspects of this field. It combines rigorous insight from pre-eminent scholars around the world with a clear structure and supportive, thoughtful, and intuitive pedagogy. This revised and updated fourth edition responds to the significant changes in the external environment, as well as the field itself. It includes six new chapters covering aspects of increasing importance:

Public management and governance developments in non-OECD countries
Risk and resilience
Innovation in public management and governance
Digital public management
Digital public governance
Behavioural approaches to public policy

Throughout the new edition, there is a wealth of new content on emergent topics such as collaborative leadership, diversity and inclusion, complexity theory and evidence-informed policy. Each chapter is supplemented with discussion questions, group and individual exercises, case studies and recommendations on further reading; this edition also includes more international cases. This highly respected text is an essential resource for all students on undergraduate and postgraduate courses in public management, public administration, government, and public policy as well as for policymakers and practitioners seeking an up-to-date guide to the field.

Tony Bovaird is Emeritus Professor of Public Management and Policy at the University of Birmingham and Chief Executive of Governance International. He has published widely in strategic management, public policy evaluation, and public services management. Elke Loeffler is Senior Lecturer and Director of Strategic Partnerships (CPRL) at the Open University and Director of Governance International. She has published widely in public governance, quality management in the public sector and user and community co-production of public services.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Notes on contributors

Foreword

Part I From Public Management to Governance

Understanding public management and governance
Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler

The changing context of public policy: local, national and international trends
Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler

The changing role of public spending
Peter M. Jackson

Public sector reforms across OECD countries
Edwin Lau and Nick Manning

Public management and governance developments in non-OECD countries
George Larbi

Behavioural approaches to public management and governance
Janne Kalucza and Caroline Fischer

Part II Public Management

Strategic management and marketing in public service organizations
Tony Bovaird

Contracting and partnering for public services
Carsten Greve and Andrew Erridge

Conceptual revolutions in public financial management
Jim Chan and M.A. Zhiming

Human resource management in public service organisations
Adrian Ritz and Eva Knies

Public services and management in the digital age
Veiko Lember and Joep Crompvoets

Performance measurement and management in public sector organizations
Geert Bouckaert and Wouter van Dooren

Process and quality management in public service organizations
Kuno Schedler and Utz Helmuth

Regulatory inspection and public audit
Slobodan Tomic

Part III Public Governance

Public governance for public value
Elke Loeffler

Partnership working across public and private sectors
Tony Bovaird and Erik-Hans Klijn

Management at ‘arm’s length’: executive agencies and public bodies
Sandra van Thiel

Managing ‘wicked problems’ through complex adaptive governance networksChris Koliba and Joop Koppenjan

Innovation in public governance and management
Jacob Torfing

E-governance: concept, practice and ethics
Arman Behrooz and Albert Meijer

Understanding public leadership
Jean Hartley

Citizen engagement
Elke Loeffler and Steve Martin

Co-production of public services and outcomes
Elke Loeffler

Managing risk and resilience in the public domain
Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler

Transparency in government
Alisdair Roberts

Changing equalities: politics, policies and practice
Rachel Ashworth

Ethical considerations in the public sector: What is acceptable behaviour?
Howard Davis, Suzanne Piotrowski and Lois Warner

Evidence-informed policy and practiceAnnette Boaz and Sandra Nutley
Part IV … and finally

Public management and governance: the future?
Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.10.2023
Zusatzinfo	16 Tables, black and white; 10 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Halftones, black and white; 15 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 246 mm
Gewicht	760 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	1-032-25373-8 / 1032253738
ISBN-13	978-1-032-25373-2 / 9781032253732
Zustand	Neuware