Public management and governance

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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 networks
Chris 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 practice
Annette Boaz and Sandra Nutley
Part IV … and finally


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

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