Public administration / Public policy Books

Book SynopsisA thoroughly updated introduction to the current issues and challenges facing managers and administrators in the investor and publicly owned utility industry, this engaging volume addresses management concerns in five sectors of the utility industry: electric power, natural gas, water, wastewater systems and public transit. Beginning with a brief overview of the historical development of the industry, the author examines policy issues including the consequences of dealing with deteriorating infrastructure, an aging workforce, climate warming, funding for repair and replacement of facilities, and the demands for meeting the needs of a growing population. In addition to reviewing issues related to various management tasks, he includes chapters on physical and cyber threats and management ethics, liberally laced with real-life examples of utilities' dealings with these challenges. Many tables, figures and boxes expand on key points from the text.Accessible and comprehensive, this thoughtful exploration of the various issues facing administrators and operators in public utilities in the new century will prove a useful overview for students of business and economics, utility staff, and directors of local utility governing boards.Trade Review'David McNabb's Public Utilities book is an excellent and extremely valuable source for understanding the fundamental issues and problems of the rapidly evolving public utilities sector. It's useful for academics, policymakers, and practitioners to gain insights into how to manage and cope with the numerous and unprecedented challenges facing the industry.' --Chung-Shing Lee, Pacific Lutheran UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Part I Public Utilities: Old Problems 1. Public Utilities: Essential Services, Critical Infrastructure 2. Public Utility Policy Issues 3. Public Utility Regulatory Environment Part II Sectors of the Public Utility Industry 4. Electric Energy Utilities 5. Natural Gas Utilities 6. Water and Wastewater Utilities 7. Waste Collection and Disposal Utilities 8. Public Transit Utilities Part III Public Utility Function Challenges 9. Public Utility Finance 10. Public Utility Pricing and Rate Setting 11. Public Utility Marketing 12. Public Utility Information Systems Part IV Public Utility Management and Operations Challenges 13. Public Utility Governance 14. Public Utility Management 15. Public Utility Operations, Maintenance and Planning 16. Managing the Public Utility Workforce 17. Public Utility Management Ethics Part V Public Utilities: New Challenges 18. Public Utility Environmental Challenges 19. Public Utility Physical and Cybersecurity Challenges 20. Sustainability: The Core Challenge Facing Public Utilities Index

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Book SynopsisThis enlightening book scrutinizes the shifting and overlapping governance paradigms that inform public administration reforms. Exploring the models that shape and reshape the daily operation of public organizations, it explains the core features of public bureaucracy and professional rule in the modern day. From the rise to supremacy of New Public Management to the growing preference for alternatives, such as Digital Era Governance, Public Value Management and New Public Governance, four world-renowned authors launch a powerful and systematic comparison of the competing and co-existing paradigms. Advancing the 'public governance diamond' as a critical tool for comparing the core features of governance paradigms, this insightful book discusses the underlying behavioural assumptions of these models and the challenges faced by leaders when managing in a public sector. Informed by both key theory and empirical analysis, this book will be crucial reading for students and researchers seeking an authoritative voice on competing and co-existing modes of governance. Public leaders and managers, as well as public employees, will also benefit from its insights into the varying and multifaceted dynamics of public governance.Trade Review'The Danes have done it again: advancing the field of public administration in a way that is both imaginative and helpful. Public Governance Paradigms provides us with a highly sophisticated ''think piece'' about the consecutive philosophies and designs of how to design and run a system of government that have emerged since Max Weber laid down his model of bureaucracy. Clear, concise, balanced, and constructive, this book effortlessly traverses a hundred years of public sector scholarship and reform. Easily the single best compass available to students, researchers and practitioners seeking to balance continuity and innovation in the ways in which we envisage and craft our public institutions and their professional practices.' --Paul 't Hart, Utrecht University and Netherlands School of Public Administration, the Netherlands'This book orients readers to the major issues and debates concerning how the public sector should be organized and run. The authors brilliantly use their ''public governance diamond'' to provide back-to-back comparisons of seven different public governance paradigms, bringing each paradigm's relative strengths and weaknesses into clear focus.' --Christopher Ansell, University of California, BerkeleyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Bureaucracy 3. Professional rule 4. New Public Management 5. Neo-Weberian State 6. Digital Era Governance 7. Public Value Management 8. New Public Governance 9. Comparing governance paradigms 10. Managing a public sector with competing and co-existing governance paradigms Index

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Book SynopsisOffering a wealth of thought-provoking insights, this topical Research Handbook analyses the interplay between the law and politics of the EU and examines the role of law and legal actors in European integration. Expert contributors from international and interdisciplinary backgrounds set the politics of EU law in both a historical and contemporary context, exploring the relations between different EU institutions across a variety of substantive policy areas. Identifying the main sites of interaction between law and politics, chapters highlight key theoretical insights providing an in-depth understanding of the field. With up-to-date coverage of the latest developments, this Research Handbook analyses the impact of Brexit, economic and financial crises, migration crises and important trends for law and governance. Discerning and forward-thinking, this Research Handbook will be key reading for students and scholars of European law, European politics, and those with an interest in exploring the interface between the two. Its accessible approach will also engage practitioners in EU law and politics, including lawyers and national government and EU institution officials. Contributors include: A.S. Aldrich, K. Alexandris Polomarkakis, S. Bekker, M. Blauberger, J. Borg-Barthet, P.J. Cardwell, W.T. Daniel, R. Dickson, M. Everson, E. Fahey, A. Frese, M. Gaglia Bareli, M. Geelhoed, M.-P. Granger, A. Heindlmaier, E. Herlin-Karnell, F. Mendez, M. Mendez, E. Morgera, L. Parks, N. Pérez-Solórzano Borragán, M. Sánchez Barrueco, S. Saurugger, S. Smismans, F. Terpan, A. Tryfonidou, E. Tsioumani, R. ZahnTrade Review‘The Research Handbook on the Politics of EU Law makes a significant contribution to European Integration literature. Covering a range of topics from EU institutional order, to EU system of governance, as well as substantive areas of EU policy where law and politics meet, complement and, sometimes, conflict. This is a multi-dimensional book and a useful reference guide for both legal academics, political scientists, and scholars from other disciplines who have a strong interest in the EU’s political integration through law.’ -- Feyza Basar, Journal of Contemporary European Research'Situated in the ''law in context'' scholarship, the interdisciplinary contributors to this important volume analyse inter-institutional conflict as well as major policy fields. Next to ''usual suspects'', like non-discrimination law, there are contributions on more rarely treated topics, such as the common agricultural policy, and company law. The 20 chapters significantly advance our knowledge on the politics of EU law and underline the central position that the European Court of Justice can assume in the politics and policymaking of the EU.' --Susanne K. Schmidt, University of Bremen, Germany'This book is an essential tool to help us to understand how EU law operates in its wider political and social context. Gathering together excellent contributors including well known names and fresh faces, the editors offer us important signposts to broaden and deepen our understanding of law as a political system.' --Jo Shaw, University of Edinburgh, UKTable of ContentsContents: Chapter 1: Introduction to the Politics of EU Law Marie-Pierre Granger and Paul James Cardwell Chapter 2: Governance as the meeting place of EU Law and Politics? Paul James Cardwell Chapter 3: The Politics of the Court of Justice of the European Union Fabien Terpan and Sabine Saurugger Chapter 4: Litigation as a means to solve conflicts between the European Parliament and the Council: one size does not fit all María-Luisa Sánchez-Barrueco Chapter 5: The European Semester: Understanding an innovative governance model Sonja Bekker Chapter 6: The Law and Politics of Direct Democracy in the EU Fernando Mendez and Mario Mendez Chapter 7: The Law and Politics of Exit from the EU Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán and Stijn Smismans Chapter 8: Locating Gendered Representation in European Union Member States Andrea S Aldrich and William T Daniel Chapter 9: Politicising Europe: Liberating the Technocratic? Michelle Everson Chapter 10: Free Movement of EU Citizens between Law and Politics Anita Heindlmaier and Michael Blauberger Chapter 11: Everyone is equal, but some more than others: Judicial governance of EU antidiscrimination law Amalie Frese Chapter 12: Law and Sexual Minority Rights in the EU: Navigating a Political Minefield Alina Tryfonidou Chapter 13: Social Europe: A Midsummer Night’s Dream? Konstantinos Alexandris Polomarkakis Chapter 14: The Political Dynamics of EU Human Rights Law: Scratching Beneath the Surface Marie-Pierre Granger Chapter 15: The Politics of European Labour Law Rebecca Zahn Chapter 16: Mutual Recognition of Companies as an Agency Problem Justin Borg-Barthet Chapter 17: The Politics of EU Law and the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Ester Herlin-Karnell Chapter 18: The unintended consequences of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy for local communities Maria Gaglia Bareli, Miranda Geelhoed, Louisa Parks, Elisa Morgera, Elsa Tsioumani Chapter 19: The Politics of EU Migration Law Rachael Dickson Chapter 20: Critical EU International Relations Law: a Research Agenda Elaine Fahey Index

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Book SynopsisChan Su Jung provides a thorough review of goal ambiguity in the public sector, exploring the general assertions, arguments and empirical evidence regarding performance goal ambiguity, particularly highlighting its causes, consequences, and mediation effects. The author proposes a new conceptual framework for successful analysis of goal ambiguity that can effectively relate to diverse organizational and program characteristics.Using U.S. federal programs, South Korean central government agencies, and English local authorities as examples, Jung empirically tests his framework to validate the new approach for goal ambiguity analysis. The author corroborates management capacity, third-party involvement, learning times, size, and work complexity as predictors of goal ambiguity and performance. In addition, Jung studies political insulation structures as moderators between management capacity and goal ambiguity, along with the negative effect of goal ambiguity on performance. Based on these empirical findings, the author provides clear and transferable principles to guide further theoretical and conceptual studies on the topic.An essential read for quantitative researchers and doctoral students of public management and policy, this book will guide future empirical studies on goal ambiguity and performance in the public sector.Trade Review`This book is a must read to those who are interested in public performance goals and goal ambiguity issues. The author offers not only comprehensive and superb conceptual discussions on public performance goals and goal ambiguity as independent, mediating, and dependent variables in public organizations, but also provides rigorous evidence based on empirical analyses of U.S. Federal government data as well as the data obtained from British local governments and South Korean central government. While this book itself is a refined scholarly architecture of public performance goals and goal ambiguity by carefully linking concepts, models, and empirical analyses, the author also envisions exciting future research by positing fourteen compelling research propositions and various research methods.' --M. Jae Moon, Yonsei University, South KoreaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction PART I State of current knowledge about goal ambiguity in public management and policy 2. Goal ambiguity issues in public organizations: causes, effects, a theory, and reforms 3. State and issues of empirical goal ambiguity research PART II Program goal ambiguity, political insulation structure, and program performance 4. Developing and validating concepts and measures of program goal ambiguity 5. Predictors of program goal ambiguity 6. Agency political insulation structures as moderators 7. Program goal ambiguity and performance PART III A conceptual framework for analysis of goal ambiguity and its empirical validations 8. A conceptual framework for analysis of program goal ambiguity and its empirical validation 9. Two applications of the conceptual framework for goal ambiguity PART IV Conclusions 10. Conclusions Appendices References Index

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Book SynopsisThe budget has been among the most pressing topics facing Brussels throughout the history of the EU. Features and Challenges of the EU Budget proposes a timely analysis of the most pertinent issues surrounding the EU budget with a multidisciplinary approach that includes historical, political, legal and economic interpretations.This thought provoking book considers the history of the EU budget and the European integration process, offering insight into the broader political implications of the budget for both Member State governments and for their citizens. Features and Challenges of the EU Budget also explores the legal and economic repercussions of the EU budget, examines the framework that controls it, and interrogates the budget's effects on European growth and competitiveness alongside its significance to the structural balances of Member States. At a time of uncertainty for the EU, this book provides a critical investigation of how political factors will affect the future of the EU budget. Featuring the unique contributions of academics from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, this insightful work will be of great interest to scholars and students investigating the politics, structure and economics of the EU. This book will also be useful to institutions offering courses or programmes concerning the EU and its budget. Contributors include: P. Becker, A. Isoni, R. Kaiser, M. Kölling, K. Mause, E. Perreau, M. Pierri, M. Schratzenstaller, M. Scotto, U. Villani-Lubelli, L. ZampariniTrade Review‘The book presents a consistent analysis, characterised by a step-by-step approach, as the various chapters unfold, while their contents have a truly noteworthy substantive consistency. The approach of successive stages of analysis adopted allows readers to locate the main points addressed not only with regard to their substance, but also with regard to their position in the overall examination of the EU Budget as a unique institutional, political, economic, even social instrument of the Union.’ -- Dimitrios V. Skiada, South-Eastern Europe Journal of EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Luca Zamparini and Ubaldo Villani-Lubelli Part I Historical and Political Profiles 2. The EU budget and the European integration process: a historical analysis Ubaldo Villani-Lubelli 3. The EU budget between bargaining tool and policy instrument Mario Kölling 4. “No representation without taxation”. For an history of the budgetary control in the European Union Alessandro Isoni 5. Citizens’ Attitudes towards the EU Budget: An Overview Karsten Mause 6. The Multi-Annual Financial Framework: reforms and path-dependent development of the EU budget Robert Kaiser 7. Towards a closer Intergovernmental Union? The political implications of the 2021-2027 MFF negotiations Matteo Scotto Part II Legal and Economic Profiles 8. The EU budget and the MFF between flexibility and unity Peter Becker 9. The European framework for monitoring and control of the EU budget Elsa Perreau 10. Growth, competitiveness and the EU budget Luca Zamparini 11. The relevance of the EU budget for the structural balances of Member States Maurizia Pierri 12. Brexit and the EU budget Margit Schratzenstaller 13. Conclusions Ubaldo Villani-Lubelli and Luca Zamparini Index

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, the international engagement of the EU's decentralized agencies has continued to increase in the absence of a clear political and legal framework for their activities. This timely book addresses urgent questions about these agencies' external actions and their effects, how these should be conceptualized and assessed, and how they can and should be governed in the future. Bringing together pioneering interdisciplinary work from European legal and political scholars, this book combines theory with empirical case studies to explore an underdeveloped field and identify a future research agenda. Chapters first comprehensively examine the relevant legal frameworks and the political aspects of these decentralized agencies' external activities, before exploring the questions this raises around their own and the EU's legitimacy and accountability, and the impact of agencies on countries outside the EU who have dealings with them. Scholars in law, political science, economics and public administration will find this book invaluable, particularly those working on external relations, agencification or institutional innovation. It will also prove useful to policymakers at EU and national level, as well as other stakeholders such as non-EU countries and international organizations.Trade Review'This book does pioneering work. It is, of course, common knowledge that our polities depend upon ever more finely tuned regulatory support. What this book makes us aware of is the transnational follow-up to this insight. Gaining control of globalization processes will require ever more co-operation. It is high time that we explore this irresistible development, and an important step has now been taken.' --Christian Joerges, Hertie School of Governance, Germany'The chapters in this book provide for a fuller understanding of the EU's international presence, and of the various venues and fora which contribute to the external diffusion of its acquis communautaire.' --Sandra Lavenex, University of Geneva, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Merijn Chamon, Ellen Vos and Herwig Hofmann Part I: EU agencies’ external action: the legal framework 1. Constitutional limits to the EU agencies’ external relations Merijn Chamon and Valerie Demedts 2. The cooperation between the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and third countries according to the new ‘Frontex’ Regulation: legal and practical implications Florin Coman-Kund 3. Cooperation of Europol and Eurojust with external partners in the fight against crime: a legal appraisal Chloé Brière Part II: EU agencies’ external action: a political science perspective 4. Normative power Frontex? Assessing agency cooperation with third countries Helena Ekelund 5. EU agencies – agents of policy diffusion beyond the EU Sevasti Chatzopoulou Part III: EU agencies’ external action: legitimacy and accountability 6. Reinforcing EU financial bodies’ participation in global networks: addressing legitimacy gaps? Maurizia De Bellis 7. Accountability challenges for EU agencies in the context of third country equivalence assessments Pieter Van Cleynenbreugel 8. EU Agencies’ External Activities and the European Ombudsman Marco Inglese Part IV: EU agencies’ external action: impact on third countries 9. Transferring the Acquis through EU Agencies: The Case of the European Neighbourhood Policy Countries Dovile Rimkutė and Karina Shyrokykh 10. Third countries in EU agencies: Participation and Influence Marja-Liisa Öberg Index

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Book SynopsisThe dramatic decline of democracy in East-Central Europe (ECE) has attracted worldwide attention, presenting a significant challenge to European models of liberal democracy. This timely book tackles the heart of this region's complexity, unpacking the socio-economic, political and cultural developments of the ECE countries. Attila Ágh demonstrates the key turning point in 2010, when the region's political trajectory shifted from chaotic democracy to authoritarian rule. Moving beyond the narrow spectrum of political 'event history' deployed by ECE parties and governments, the author offers a complex analysis of the changes to the region, exploring the deep, systemic causes of hard populism. Examining the fascinating relationship between ECE countries, Europe and the world, Ágh outlines the future of democracy in the region, exploring perspectives of re-democratization by the new generation raised under the auspices of EU democracy. Declining Democracy in East-Central Europe provides researchers in both political and European studies with a unique insight into the rapidly diverging pathways of European democracies. Ágh's detailed approach to the ECE region will also benefit experts in regional studies, moving beyond political narratives of individual countries and analysing the region as a whole.Trade Review'Attila Ágh's book investigates the largely neglected domestic developments in the East-Central member states since the fall of the iron curtain and their subsequent accession to the European Union. Ágh's analysis is comprehensive, well-informed and illustrates how a mixture between external conditionalities and domestic developments, predominantly a persistent systemic distrust and lack of deep-seated Europeanisation have contributed towards the rise of neopopulism in the region. Ágh warns of the ''a decline in all respects of democracy, governance and sustainability as a complex deficit'' as part of a general trend of democratic backsliding in the ECE region. Ágh's analysis is a crucial and overdue contribution to the academic and public debate on the future of the EU beyond the current narrow focus on Brexit and the revival of the Franco-German partnership. He illustrates that the biggest risk for the survival of the European project post-Brexit lies in the manifestation of East-Central Europe as a 'blind spot', a warning which should be a wake-up call to Western political elites.' --Christian Schweiger, Chemnitz University of Technology, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I Democratization and Europeanization in the Old World Order 1. Systemic change in the Old World Order 2. Socio-economic transition and the social disintegration 3. Political transition and the crisis of representative democracy Part II The Collapse of ECE democracies in the New World Order 4. The New World Order and the desecuritization process in ECE 5. The failure of catching up and the credibility crisis in ECE 6. The rise of hard populism and the collapse of democracy in ECE 7. The ECE political system: velvet dictatorship with façade democracy 8. ECE regional politics and the increasing Core-Periphery Divide 9. The civilizational crisis in the ECE region Postscript Index

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Book SynopsisCritical Policy Discourse Analysis bridges the literature on critical discourse analysis (CDA) and critical policy analysis to provide a practical guide on how to combine these major approaches to critical social science. The volume gives a clear introduction to concepts and analytical procedures for critical policy discourse analysis. Utilising ten international case studies, the authors explain and critically reflect upon the methods and theories that they have used to successfully integrate CDA with critical policy studies across a diverse range of policy issues.Case studies are used to explore issues in economics, health, education, crisis management, the environment, language and energy policy. Analysing these through discursive methodological approaches in the traditions of CDA, social semiotics and discourse theory, this book connects this discursive methodology systematically to the field of critical policy studies. This is an essential read for researchers wishing to practically combine methods of CDA with critical policy studies. It provides key insights for politics scholars looking to gain a more in-depth understanding of the impact and analysis of discourse.Contributors include: T. Bartlett, D. Caterina, M. Farrelly, S. Horrod, N. Montesano Montessori, J. Mulderrig, J.F. Palma Carvajal, M. Poutanen, M. Rieder, K. Savski, H. Theine 'An exciting, important and, above all, extremely useful collection of essays, offering excellent and practical guidance on how to conduct critical policy discourse analysis. Timely and highly recommended.' - Colin Hay, Sciences Po, France'Uncovering dominance and addressing learned helplessness is part of any effort to enact change, especially when faced with wicked problems. However, change agents are not always equipped to deal with that adequately. This volume presents methodology and examples of how to do so by connecting theory and practice, insiders and outsiders, and micro events and macro processes. It points to powerful ideas and subtle craft and will inspire not only scholars but also practitioners seeking to better understand and address the complexities involved.' - Hans Vermaak, Sioo, Twynstra and NSOB, the Netherlands'This fascinating and varied collection admirably achieves its aim of demonstrating the value of integrating critical discourse analysis with critical policy studies. In so doing, the Critical Policy Discourse Analysis enriches our understanding of policy discourse and sharpens our methodological means of doing so. Operating through a fascinating set of case studies that range from a study of Nokia through to Slovenian language policy, and looking at the production of ideas like ''competition'' and ''fiscal discipline'', the volume emphasises the meaning-making practices involved in the production and interpretation of policy. This is done through a detailed textual analysis of policy combined with innovative conceptual and methodological arguments. Maintaining a critical edge, the approaches gathered here all move from a normative study of discourse to an explanatory critique concerned with the role of social power and power relations.' - Jonathan Joseph, University of Bristol, UK'Finally, a very timely and useful volume which addresses scholars and graduate students in the Social Sciences, and - importantly - also policy makers as well as practitioners. The chapters illustrate how systematic interdisciplinary, in-depth textual analysis of policy documents, on the one hand, and of debates about policies, on the other, allow for an understanding and explanation of the complexity of policy processes and procedures in innovative ways.' - Ruth Wodak, Lancaster University, UKTrade Review'This is a significant contribution to the fields of critical discourse and critical policy studies. With a diverse selection of relevant contemporary policy issues, as well as explicit discussions of the methodological tools deployed and their connection to critical social theories, the book as a whole offers a valuable snapshot of the potential of integrated approaches, showing how they can enhance structurally-oriented policy critiques by grounding them in the specifics of discursive practices.' --Susana Martínez Guillem, University of New Mexico, US'This volume testifies to the productive encounter between Critical Policy Studies and Discourse Analysis. Accessible, informative and exhaustive, it presents model examples of discourse research in the area of policy research.' --Johannes Angermuller, The Open University, UK'By bringing together, in a highly innovative and informative way, up-to-date theory, detailed methodological guidance and well-documented empirical examples, Critical Policy Discourse Analysis is now the go-to book for everyone interested in the contribution of critical discourse analysis to policy studies. The book captures the enormous theoretical and methodological progress CDA has made over the last decade. It convincingly demonstrates that CDA should be part of the standard repertoire of policy analysis and a core topic of every policy studies curriculum.' --Hendrik Wagenaar, King's College London, UK and The University of Canberra, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introducing critical policy discourse analysis 1 Jane Mulderrig, Nicolina Montesano Montessori and Michael Farrelly 2 Text oriented discourse analysis: an analysis of a struggle for hegemony in Mexico 23 Nicolina Montesano Montessori 3 Analysing orders of discourse of neoliberal rule: health ‘nudges’ and the rise of psychological governance 48 Jane Mulderrig 4 The recontextualisation of higher education policy in learning and teaching practices: the discursive construction of community 73 Sarah Horrod 5 Advocacy NGOs in Chilean education policy-making: spaces of resistance or agencies fostering neoliberalism? 97 Juan Francisco Palma Carvajal 6 Business logics: co-option of media discourse by pro-market arguments in the case of Nokia in Finland 122 Mikko Poutanen 7 Analysing the representation of social actors: the conceptualisation of objects of governance 147 Michael Farrelly 8 ‘The billionaires’ boot boys start screaming’ – a critical analysis of economic policy discourses in reaction to Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century 169 Hendrik Theine and Maria Rieder 9 Historical ethnography of policy discourse: examining the genesis of a language strategy in Slovenia 193 Kristof Savski 10 Historical materialist policy analysis meets critical discourse analysis of practical argumentation: making sense of hegemony struggles in Italy’s crisis management 216 Daniela Caterina 11 Scaling the incommensurate: discourses of sustainability in the Western Isles of Scotland 242 Tom Bartlett 12 Concluding remarks on critical policy discourse analysis 264 Michael Farrelly, Nicolina Montesano Montessori and Jane Mulderrig Index 271

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Book SynopsisIn this illuminating book, B. Guy Peters explores the common governmental practice of reforming the public bureaucracy. He identifies widespread successes and failures, while evaluating the efficacy of governmental reforms through political, economic and organisational lenses.

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Book SynopsisIlluminating and timely, this book offers an in depth exploration of a 20th century intellectual landmark, Harold Lasswell’s proposal for the policy sciences. This proposal, though always controversial, stands out as a unique and comprehensive effort at advancing a policy focus in the social sciences by means of enhancing orientation to context.Douglas Torgerson argues that Lasswell stands apart in the policy landscape, his extraordinary focus on context constituting a distinct critical dimension. Torgerson presents the historical emergence of Lasswell’s proposal as a four-phase process, ranging from the 1920s to the 1970s. Chapters explore the ramifications of Lasswell’s contextual focus in that, whatever his intention, he anticipated a radical democratic goal. In today’s world, as authoritarian populism threatens democracy, policy research can no longer take for granted a liberal democratic context. Researchers must protect free inquiry, safeguarding their own work while expanding and securing democratic freedoms.Offering key insights into one of the 20th century’s most forward-looking political scientists, this book is essential reading for the full range of established scholars, policy professionals, graduate students, and everyone who is interested in the relationship between policy and political theory.Trade Review‘Torgerson undertakes nothing less than a critical rethinking of policy studies as a field through its foundations. By reacquainting Lasswell, we are advised to revisit concepts like behavioral change and policy expertise in light of his contextual orientation – and to think more radically about the policy sciences of democracy.’ -- Holger Straßheim, Bielefeld University, Germany‘The name of Harold Lasswell is inevitably invoked in serious discussions of public policy and the “policy sciences”. This book helps readers – both novices and seasoned veterans – understand why he occupies that central position. Understanding Lasswell is not simple, yet Torgerson demonstrates the depth and complexity of that eminent scholar.’ -- B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh, US‘A wonderful book… Douglas Torgerson animates Lasswell’s numerous contributions, extending the “critical Lasswell” to inform a potential radical democracy relevant to today’s policy field and to current threats against democracy.’ -- Jennifer Dodge, University at Albany, US‘Professor Torgerson demonstrates provocatively and in detail Harold Lasswell’s continuing relevance for anyone seeking to understand our times and shape a future of human dignity for all.’ -- – Andrew Willard, Policy Scientist, US‘Douglas Torgerson has provided the most thoughtful philosophical analysis of the work of Harold D. Lasswell, the giant in both psychodynamic political psychology and the policy sciences. The weaving of historical material and Torgerson’s highly distinctive interpretations of Lasswell’s stances toward democracy and the role of policy analysis is remarkable. Anyone committed to understanding the evolution of the policy sciences and the role of the analyst in democratic governance must read this book.’ -- William Ascher, Claremont McKenna College, US‘Nobody is better placed than Douglas Torgerson to tease out and interpret Lasswell's foundational contribution to what today would be called critical policy studies. This book is a masterful treatment of its subject that should establish once and for all the importance of thinking with Lasswell and Torgerson about the policy sciences.’ -- John S. Dryzek, University of Canberra, Australia‘Torgerson’s argument stands up very well, and the book is filled with intriguing facts and details I hadn’t known – even though I’d been a student, research assistant, colleague, and friend of Lasswell for many years.’ -- Garry D. Brewer, Yale University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface: Why Lasswell? 1 Introduction: the manifest and the latent Lasswell PART I EMERGENCE 2 Policy sciences in context: the world crisis of insecurity 3 Emergence of the policy sciences 4 Contextual orientation: a question of values PART II SYMBOLS 5 Symbols of the policy sciences 6 What is enlightenment? PART III THE CRITICAL DIMENSION 7 The critical Lasswell 8 Lasswell and the critical agenda References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.This Research Agenda for Social Wellbeing introduces scholars and planners to the importance of a 'wellbeing lens' for the study and promotion of social flourishing. It demonstrates the importance of wellbeing as a public good, not just a property of individuals.Synthesising wellbeing research from multiple disciplines, including sociology, public health, urban and social planning, moral philosophy and development studies, chapters illustrate how the wellbeing lens promotes positivity, understanding of a variety of viewpoints and systematic appreciation of lives in their social contexts. Encouraging appreciative learning and aspirational planning, Neil Thin looks beyond the implicit 'OK' line of minimal decent standards in order to appreciate and promote moral progress.As an illuminating summary of the field, offering new avenues for employing social wellbeing research across multiple disciplines, this book will be key reading for scholars and students of sociology, development studies and anthropology. It will also benefit practitioners, such as planners, evaluators and social workers in need of practical insights into social wellbeing issues.Trade Review'Now more than ever it is vitally important for us to understand that wellbeing is not a solo job. Neil Thin has written an original, masterful book on the good life as a social endeavor. Lively and full of insight and optimism, it will help set the agenda for research and action on wellbeing.' -- Dan Haybron, Saint Louis University, US'This book is needed right now. Planners, policy makers and politicians ought to read it. It's a serious new look at wellbeing that goes beyond the usual individualistic notions to appreciate the social dimensions of a good and fulfilling life.' -- Stephen Joseph, University of Nottingham, UK'The idea of wellbeing, while often controversial, has never been of more interest to academics, citizens and decision-makers alike. Written in a highly engaging and accessible manner, this book provides a thoughtful and provocative examination of efforts to document, interpret and appreciate the social dimensions of wellbeing and to promote reforms that pay more explicit attention to our ultimate personal and collective aspirations. It deserves to be read by all who seek to deepen their understanding of wellbeing and its contemporary relevance.' -- Ian Bache, The University of Sheffield, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface and acknowledgements Introduction PART I: WELLBEING, SOCIAL FLOURISHING, AND MORAL PROGRESS 1. The wellbeing lens 2. Social flourishing and self-transcendence 3. Moral progress PART 2: APPRECIATIVE LEARNING 4. Appreciative social enquiry 5. Positive social epidemiology PART 3: ASPIRATIONAL SOCIAL PLANNING 6. Motivational and anticipatory wellbeing 7. Convivial society: living well together 8. Fair society: Justice, inequality, and mobility 9. Conclusions: Wellbeing literacy as a private and public good References Index

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Book SynopsisThis multidisciplinary book unpacks and outlines the contested roles of nationalism and democracy in the formation and transformation of welfare-state institutions and ideologies. At a time when neo-liberal, post-national and nationalist visions alike have challenged democratic welfare nationalism, the book offers a transnational historical perspective to the political dynamics of current changes. While particularly focusing on Nordic countries, often seen as the quintessential ‘models’ of the welfare state, the book collectively sheds light on the ‘history of the present’ of nation states bearing the character of a welfare state.Initial chapters discuss the contested roles and meanings of democracy in the formation of the so-called ‘Nordic model’ of welfare, exploring its development in connection with rhetorical de-ideologization during and after the Cold War and with concerns about global development. Contributors further examine the ways in which national welfare states and their democratic dimensions are reshaped in the context of post-national regulation regimes of globalized and financialized capitalism. In the final chapters, the book explores the implications of welfare nationalism for cross-border mobility, analysing paradoxes and inherent tensions at the heart of contemporary migration politics. The analyses point to the integral role of nationalism in the formation of the democratic welfare states, as well as in the present-day goals of national competitiveness and security.Providing key theoretical insights for the study of welfare nationalism, this book is essential reading for scholars, researchers and students of the social and political sciences who are interested in the enduring transformation of the welfare state, and particularly those investigating the emergence and growth of the Nordic model. Policymakers and practitioners will also benefit from this multi-layered, empirical account of contemporary policy problems.Trade Review‘The growth of global interdependencies and cross-border mobility of capital and people have created new preconditions for nationalism. This book provides an outstanding contribution to the study of the contested roles of nationalism and democracy in the formation and transformation of welfare states.’ -- Stein Kuhnle, University of Bergen, Norway, and Hertie School, The University of Governance, Berlin, Germany‘There are many discussions of the relative importance in today’s political conflicts of culture and class, and of the ambiguous relationships among market liberalism, nationalism and the welfare state. But there are very few that confront these issues as thoroughly, boldly and forensically as the authors of this excellent and well integrated collection.’ -- Colin Crouch, University of Warwick, UK and Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Preface xii 1 Introduction: rethinking nationalism and democracy in the welfare state 1 Pauli Kettunen PART I DEMOCRATIC WELFARE NATIONALISM AND BEYOND 2 The end of ideology and Nordic democracy: Herbert Tingsten and the rhetoric of de-ideologization 19 Jussi Kurunmäki 3 National interest as a limit to democracy: the rhetoric of Finnish and Swedish employers in the debates on ‘enterprise democracy’ during the 1960s and 1970s 47 Ilkka Kärrylä 4 Democratic welfare nationalism and competitive community: changing ideals of social harmony in the regulation of capitalism 78 Pauli Kettunen PART II THE WELFARE STATE AND CROSS-BORDER MOBILITY OF CAPITAL 5 Offe’s paradox in the light of neoliberalism and its paradoxes: Schumpeterian workfare and Ricardian austerity 104 Bob Jessop 6 From democratic to market-driven regulation of employment: the Swedish and Finnish Social Democrats, the third way and emerging economic globalization, 1975−86 127 Sami Outinen PART III THE WELFARE STATE AND CROSS-BORDER MOBILITY OF PEOPLE 7 Borders of welfare: mobility control and the Nordic welfare states 150 Miika Tervonen 8 Gender, emotions and vulnerability: mediated responses to deportations in the aftermath of the refugee reception crisis 166 Saara Pellander 9 Filipino nurses as enablers of the future welfare state: the global commodity chains of producing racialized care labour for ageing Finland 184 Tiina Vaittinen, Margarita Sakilayan-Latvala and Päivi Vartiainen 10 Ambiguities of the welfare state and the paradoxes of immigration politics 209 Thomas Faist Index 239

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Book SynopsisCrisis management has become one of the core challenges facing governments, but successful crisis response depends on effective public leadership. Building on insights from Pragmatist philosophy, this deeply nuanced book provides guidance and direction for public leaders tackling the most challenging tasks of the twenty-first century. This timely and insightful book demonstrates how Pragmatism enables leaders to strategically address the fog of uncertainty that characterizes crises. Illuminating the power of practical rationality in crisis situations, Christopher Ansell and Martin Bartenberger develop a model of Pragmatist political crisis management and contrast this with crisis decision making and meaning making guided by principle. Examining the interplay of practical rationality and principle during the US financial crisis of 2008, the authors develop empirical indicators to evaluate when and why crisis leaders may adopt Pragmatist or principle-guided strategies. Flawlessly blending theory with practice, Ansell and Bartenberger offer key insights to those active in the crisis management community. Crisis management and public administration scholars will benefit from the detailed overview of Pragmatism and its applications to concrete issues of governance, while practitioners will profit from the book's insight into crisis leadership and decision making. Trade Review'This highly original and engaging book moves the dial for scholars of both crisis management and political science. Chris Ansell and Martin Bartenberger offer what strategic crisis managers so badly need: a political theory of crisis management. They draw on the Pragmatist tradition to formulate principles that help strategic crisis managers navigate periods of deep uncertainty. A notable achievement!' --Arjen Boin, Leiden University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Strategic Crisis Management in the Public Domain 2. Pragmatism and the Hidden Resources of Practical Rationality 3. Decision Making and Meaning Making in the Face of Uncertainty 4. Pragmatist Political Crisis Management 5. An “Unprecedented Crisis”: The U.S. Financial Crisis of 2008 6. The Rescue of the Investment Bank Bear Stearns 7. The Collapse of Lehman Brothers and the Rescue of AIG 8. Comparative Reflections and New Hypotheses 9. Conclusion: The Practical Rationality of Crisis Leadership Index

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Book SynopsisThe growing intensity and complexity of public service has spurred policy reform efforts across the globe, many featuring attempts to promote more collaborative government. Collaboration in Public Service Delivery sheds light on these efforts, analysing and reconceptualising the major types of collaboration in public service delivery through a governance lens. Featuring careful analysis with a global scope, this book unpacks the concept of collaborative service delivery and its practice, drawing from the fields of public policy, public administration, and management. Chapters by leading authors in these areas address service delivery arrangements including co-production, co-management, consultations, contracting-out, commissioning and certification. With a keen focus on conditions that are critical for the success of such collaborative arrangements, as well as their different pathways and pitfalls, the authors suggest ways to improve the analytical, managerial and political capacities needed for successful collaboration in public service delivery. This timely and comprehensive book is useful for students at all levels interested in public policy, governance, administration and management, as well as researchers investigating the governance of collaborative service delivery. Policymakers and practitioners working to re-evaluate and improve public service provision, especially, will also benefit from its insightful discussions of the conditions and mechanisms under which collaborative arrangements operate and fail or succeed.Trade Review'This stimulating collection makes a timely effort to unite different approaches to collaborative public service delivery. It will be of interest to anyone looking for an up-to-date overview of the latest development in this area of research.' --Taco Brandsen, Radboud University, the Netherlands'Collaboration between government and non-government organisations to deliver services and implement policies has burgeoned recently, in both print and practice. This book not only provides a timely stock-take of the diverse forms and potential of collaboration, but also offers keen insights into its challenges and their implications for public management.' --John Alford, University of Melbourne, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Part I Introduction: The Promise of Collaborative Public Service Delivery 1. Collaboration in Public Service Delivery: What, When and How Anka Kekez, Michael Howlett and M Ramesh 2. Collaboration: Key Concepts Chris Ansell Part II Types of Collaboration for Public Service Delivery: Critical Capacities and Implementation Challenges 3. Consultation as Collaboration? Genevieve Fuji Johnson and Robert Howsam 4. Contracting Out as a Governance Mechanism: The Case of National Health Insurance in India Maurya Dayashankar and M Ramesh 5. From Procurement to the Commissioning of Public Services Andrea Migone 6. Impact of State—Civil Society Co-management Contracts on Water Supply in Rural India: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Namrata Chindarkar, Yvonne Jie Chen and Dennis Wichelns 7. Co-production with Citizens: Demarcating the Mode of Collaboration by Looking ‘from outside in’ William Voorberg and Ingmar Van Meerkerk 8. Certification: Implementation Challenges in Private-social Partnerships Joanna Vince Part III Governance of Collaboration: Pathways and Potential Pitfalls 9. Top-down versus Bottom-up Pathways to Collaboration Between Governments and Citizens: Reflecting on Different Participation Traps Ingmar van Meerkerk 10. Problems of Bottom-up Collaboration: Evolutionary Pathways and Capacity Challenges of NSMD Governance Institutions Benjamin Cashore 11. Outcome-based Commissioning: Four Pathways to Achieving Public Value Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler 12. Problems of Captured Collaboration: From Political to Politicized Metagovernance Anka Kekez and Andrija Henjak Part IV Conclusion: Bolstering the Governance Capacities for Collaborative Public Service Delivery 13. The Need to Design Collaboration: Improving the Effectiveness of Commissioning with Design Thinking Michael Mintrom and Madeline Thomas 14. General Theory for Managing Contracts in Public Service Delivery: Towards Collaborative Contractual Frameworks Isha Dayal 15. Coping with the Implementation Challenge: Decision-making Strategies and their Implications for Collaborative Governance Lihi Lahat and Neta Sher-Hadar Index

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Book SynopsisThe role of regions in the European Union has been frequently debated since the 1980s. This comprehensive book provides a thorough overview of the issue from a variety of perspectives, analysing regional governance and territorial dynamics in the EU and its member states. Focusing on the implications of the democratisation-regionalisation nexus, it argues that a 'Europe with the regions' may promote good governance and ameliorate the democratic deficits of the EU. The book's contributions offer a multidisciplinary approach to the study of governance in the EU and highlight the significance of regions and regionalisation for the EU's future. Through a combination of empirical, conceptual, theoretical and normative approaches, chapters address both intra-state and transnational developments to provide a fresh and exciting addition to the literature on new regionalism and democratic theory. Favouring a modest notion of a 'Europe with the regions' rather than the dominant maximalist vision, it embeds these developments in the ongoing debate about the future of the EU. Students and academics exploring regional governance and the EU will find this book's unique conclusions and crucial insights of great value. The book's distinct perspective on European governance will also be of benefit to policy-makers and EU think-tanks.Trade Review'Although hopes for a ''Europe of the regions'' have long been quashed, this important volume recognises and explores the obstinacy of regions in contemporary politics. The interdisciplinary and broad-ranging discussion provides a rigorous and much-needed re-assessment both of the status quo of regional governance and the role that regions can and should play in tackling the current crises of democratic politics in Europe.' --Anwen Elias, Aberystwyth University, UK'A strong collection of studies devoted to the comeback of the idea of a ''Europe with the regions''. Writing from multidisciplinary perspectives, a team of both more-established and younger scholars explores the idea of a Europe with the regions, the current role of regions in the EU, intra-regional political dynamics and the role of the EU in the regions. This edited volume provides a rich source for anyone who is interested in territorial politics, European governance and multilevel democracies.' --Klaus Detterbeck, University of Göttingen, Germany'Irrespective of volatile slogans like ''Europe of the regions'', of changing political priorities and of shifting academic attention, the regional dimension remains key to the functioning of Europe. This volume unveils a neglected reality and puts regional studies back at the core of the European debate.' --Francesco Palermo, University of Verona and Eurac Research, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Preface by the editors 1. Regional Governance in the EU or: What Happened to the ‘Europe of the Regions’? Introduction Gabriele Abels and Jan Battke Part I: Normative and Conceptual Perspective on Regionalisation and Governance The Contribution of Regions to EU Democracy Simona Piattoni 3. Deconstructing and Reconstructing Good Governance in Relation to Regional and Local Participation in EU Decision-Making Processes Carlo Panara 4. Neo-regionalism in Europe: The Process of Delimiting Regional Boundaries François-Olivier Seys Part II: Dynamics of Intra-state Regionalisation and its Implications 5. Developing Autonomy – Are there Alternatives to Secession? Roland Sturm 6. The Catalan Secession Bid – Between Structural and Contemporary Tensions within the State of Autonomies Mario Kölling 7. Reforming the Territorial Constitution in Italy: Some Reflections on Durability and Change Matteo Nicolini Part III: Macro-regional Dynamics and European Integration 8. Scaling and Rescaling in EU Spatial Governance Franziska Sielker and Dominic Stead 9. Experimentalist Governance and EU Macro-regional Strategies: New Dynamics in European Regional and Territorial Cooperation? Stefan Gänzle 10. Cultural Dimension of Macro-regions. A Prospective Reflection Thomas Perrin Part IV: Regions in Supranational Democratic Governance 11. The EU’s Multilevel Parliamentary System: Escaping from the Trilemma of Market Integration, National Democracy and National Sovereignty Peter Bursens 12. Regions and the Parliamentarisation of EU Governance: Is the Early Warning System the Solution? Anna-Lena Högenauer 13. Regions as Lobbyists Michaël Tatham 14. Conclusions: A ‘Europe with the Regions’ in the Making Jan Battke and Gabriele Abels Index

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Book SynopsisThis important book focuses on particular aspects of the development and implementation of community partnerships based in - and focused on - neighborhoods, municipalities, and regions. Throughout the book, David J. Maurrasse stresses the importance of philanthropy and representation from different types of organizations across public, private, and nongovernmental spectrums. In observing these collaborative efforts both in the US and various countries including Colombia, Malawi, England, India and Australia, two dynamics are emphasized: the role of private philanthropic institutions and their resources in facilitating the creation and continuation of these partnerships, along with the role of nongovernmental organizations as important enduring institutions in localities that are not, historically, considered as agents of community and economic development. It provides an evolving perspective on community partnerships particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and racial and income inequity, introducing the geographical, historical and cultural context behind these. Furthermore, the author defines and describes various roles in community partnerships and offers suggestions to help leverage these.Providing insightful case studies on the topic, this book will be key reading for practitioners in the field of community engagement at nonprofit institutions, such as universities, hospitals and philanthropic organizations. It will also be of use for academic researchers focusing on community studies and strategic partnerships.Trade Review‘As this volume trenchantly documents, our world faces the ravages of a perfect storm, shedding a glaring light on the disparate impact in our local communities of long-standing systemic racism, continually widening wealth gaps, and a raging global pandemic. Under this spotlight, the urgency and timeliness of strategic, cross-sector sustainable partnerships among organizations anchored in place, undergirded by enlightened philanthropy, and committed to moving the needle on the public good, could not be clearer. By documenting the efforts of ten such partnerships-in-place, spanning localities across the US and the globe, David Maurrasse brings home forceful shared lessons for progress.’ -- Nancy Cantor, Rutgers University-Newark, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction PART I PHILANTHROPY, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP 2. Evolving thinking on community partnerships 3. The nongovernmental sector and philanthropy PART II COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES 4. Introduction to Part II 5. The Newark Anchor Collaborative 6. Memphis Medical District Collaborative 7. Southeast Los Angeles Collaborative 8. Central Corridor Anchor Partnership 9. Quality Jobs Fund PART III INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS 10. Introduction to Part III 11. Colombia: Rebuilding El Salado 12. Malawi: Chipatala Cha Pa Foni 13. England: young Black men’s employment program in London – the Moving On Up initiative 14. India: Parivartan – health in Bihar 15. Australia: Metropolitan partnerships – Victoria PART IV LESSONS AND THE FUTURE 16. Introduction to Part IV 17. Successes and challenges 18. Future opportunities, considerations, and directions References Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook provides an analysis of the key issues, accomplishments, and challenges of research and practices related to the interactions between business and public policy.International expert contributors explore how the organizational structures of government and business have changed as the world has become more globalized, and as researchers have accumulated insights into why and how public policy is influenced by, and in turn influences, business. Examining how businesses themselves have increasingly contributed to the making and implementation of policy, chapters illuminate the most significant debates as well as the theoretical and empirical developments in these areas. This approach enables a comparison of the similarities and differences across the field of business and public policy as a whole.Identifying new directions and research questions in this rapidly evolving field, this Handbook will be a useful resource for academics and students of business and public policy, as well as related areas including corporate governance, political economy and international business. Practitioners and policy makers will also benefit from its illumination of the complex relationship between business and public policy.Trade Review'I recommend this volume to anyone interested not just in the immediate topic but in the broader ramifications of what has been called: ''globalization''.' -- From the Foreword by Philippe C. Schmitter, European University Institute, Italy'The editors have assembled an impressive global team to offer rich and insightful analyses of the dynamic relationship between business and politics. Covering a wide range of topics, the volume combines historical analysis with contemporary debates, featuring top scholars in the field. This excellent contribution addresses the increasingly complex global policy and regulatory landscape and presents a compelling agenda for future research.' -- Susan K. Sell, Australian National University, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xi Preface xii 1 Business and public policy: introducing the field 1 Aynsley Kellow, Tony Porter and Karsten Ronit 2 Corporations in governance: what do they want and how do they get it? 24 Doris Fuchs and Benedikt Lennartz 3 Three circles: firms and parties from the twentieth to the twenty-first century 42 Iain McMenamin 4 Investor-state dispute settlement: challenging private governance 57 Christopher May 5 Competition laws and their enforcement in the US and Europe: origins, evolution and contestation 75 Angela Wigger 6 Business and consumer policy 90 Karsten Ronit 7 Understanding and influencing trade policy 106 Louise Curran 8 Making global public policy: business and global patent protection standards 122 Valbona Muzaka 9 Business and public policy: training policy 138 Patrick Emmenegger and Daniel Franz Unterweger 10 Unravelling the relationship between tax policy and business: theory, evidence and facts 154 Lyne Latulippe and Nicolas Proulx 11 Business and monetary policy 175 Sven M. Hilgers 12 Business and politics in an age of intangibles and financialization 191 Philip G. Cerny 13 Defence policy making: a case study of defence industry engagement in Australia 213 Stefan Markowski, Rob Bourke and Robert Wylie 14 Business, science and technology governance: from layering, conversion and drift to responsible research and innovation? 230 Robert Hoppe 15 Migration policy 258 Gerard McCann 16 Business and the (corporate) welfare state 276 Kevin Farnsworth 17 Hollywood’s changing business model and the future of cultural diversity 295 Harvey B. Feigenbaum 18 Industrial policy 306 Matt Wilder 19 Food and agriculture policy 322 Jessica Vapnek and Tiffany Wang 20 Business and energy and environmental policy 340 Aynsley Kellow 21 Business and financial regulation 358 Anwar Sheluchin and Tony Porter 22 Tourism and public policy 375 Christof Pforr Index

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Book SynopsisMinisterial administrations are pivotal in the process of defining problems and developing policy solutions due to their technocratic expertise, particularly when this process is applied to climate policy. This innovative book explores how and why policies are changed or continued by employing in-depth studies from a diverse range of EU countries. Climate Policy in Denmark, Germany, Estonia and Poland works to narrow the research gap surrounding administrative institutions within the field of climate policy change by integrating ideas, discourses and institutions to provide a better understanding of both climate policy and policy change. Differences in approach to democratization and Europeanization between Western and Central Eastern European countries provide rich empirical material for the study of policy formulation. This timely book demonstrates how the substance and formation of policies are shaped by their political and administrative institutional contexts. Analytical and accessible, this discerning book will be of value to scholars and students of climate policy, public policy and public administration alike. Providing lessons on institutional reform in climate and energy policy, this explorative book will also be of interest to practitioners and policy-makers.Trade Review'This masterful cross-national study opens up the black box of the state and examines how the internal organization, policy styles and coordinative discourses of ''ministerial administrations'' can have a profound effect on the shape of national climate and energy policy. The study demonstrates the strengths of interpretive empirical enquiry (via discursive neo-institutionalism) while also providing some key public policy and administrative insights on why Denmark has progressed further than Germany, Estonia and Poland in transforming its energy system.' --Robyn Eckersley, University of Melbourne, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Part I The study of policy change 1. Introduction: ministerial administrations and policy change in climate policy 2. Ideas, discourses and institutions: a framework of analysis Part II Climate policy in Western Europe 3. Denmark: consensus-seeking in a small, green state 4. Germany: contested policy entrepreneurship in a large state Part III Climate policy in Central Eastern Europe 5. Estonia: technocratic compliance in a small state in transition 6. Poland: policy entrepreneurship in a large state in transition Part IV Comparison and conclusion 7. Lessons on ideas, discourses and institutions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook provides an insight into the main concepts and academic debates on taxation from a political science perspective. Providing a background to current debates on green taxation, taxation and inequality, taxation and gender, tax evasion and avoidance, and tax compliance, it offers potential avenues for future research.The Handbook explores the historical evolution of modern tax systems, contemporary tax politics from a comparative perspective, global tax politics from an international relations perspective, and the formation of tax policy preferences of taxpayers, voters, business associations and parties. Expert contributors analyse the foundations of the field of research and focus on key debates, including the links between colonization and taxation, international cooperation against tax evasion and avoidance, and the taxation of financial transactions.The Handbook on the Politics of Taxation will be a vital resource for academics and students of public finance and public policy. Its exploration of tax compliance and voter preferences will also be beneficial for practitioners and policymakers in these fields.Trade Review'Quite simply the best Handbook on the politics of taxation available. Comprehensive and erudite.' -- Philipp Genschel, European University Institute, Italy'This volume covers the politics of taxation in a way that few other existing studies--either single or multi-authored--can pretend to do. Hakelberg and Seelkopf have done us a great service by putting together an impressive team writing on a broad range of tax issues ranging from those deep in history to today. This Handbook is sure to be of interest to many scholars in a range of disciplines.' -- David Stasavage, New York University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook on the Politics of Taxation 1 Lukas Hakelberg and Laura Seelkopf PART I THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF MODERN TAX SYSTEMS 2 Premodern taxation 17 Edgar Kiser 3 War and taxation: the father of all things or rather an obsession? 32 Patrick Emmenegger and André Walter 4 Political institutions and taxation, 1800–1945 47 Per F. Andersson 5 The colonial tax state 65 Laura Seelkopf PART II COMPARATIVE TAX POLITICS A: THE BASICS 6 The domestic determinants of tax mixes 83 Achim Kemmerling and Zbigniew Truchlewski 7 Size and structure of the tax state in comparative perspective 99 Lukas Haffert 8 Political regimes and taxation: Do democratic rule and regime stability count? 114 Christian von Haldenwang 9 The politics of tax expenditures 129 Christian von Haldenwang, Achim Kemmerling, Agustin Redonda and Zbigniew Truchlewski 10 Fiscal decentralization 147 Amuitz Garmendia Madariaga B: CURRENT DEBATES 11 A race to the bottom? The politics of tax competition 167 Hanna Lierse 12 Taxation and inequality 179 Julian Limberg 13 Taxation and gender 193 Laura Seelkopf 14 The politics of green taxation 209 Lena Maria Schaffer PART III INTERNATIONAL TAX POLITICS A: THE BASICS 15 Politics and the diffusion of tax policy 230 Duane Swank 16 The politics and history of global tax governance 245 Martin Hearson and Thomas Rixen 17 The OECD’s governance of international corporate taxation: initiatives, instruments, and legitimacy 261 Richard Eccleston and Lachlan Johnson 18 The politics of taxation in the European Union 277 Indra Römgens and Aanor Roland B: CURRENT DEBATES 19 Power and resistance in the global fight against tax evasion 294 Loriana Crasnic and Lukas Hakelberg 20 The politics of taxing financial transactions in the EU 310 Saliha Metinsoy 21 Revenue challenges in developing countries: can international assistance help? 324 Ida Bastiaens 22 The politics of taxing the digital economy 339 Rasmus Corlin Christensen and Wouter Lips PART IV PREFERENCE FORMATION 23 Why do people pay taxes? Explaining tax compliance by individuals 356 Alice Guerra and Brooke Harrington 24 What do people want? Explaining voter tax preferences 375 Sarah Berens and Margarita Gelepithis 25 Business interest groups and tax policy 390 Néstor Castañeda Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook unpacks the underlying common factors that give rise to corrupting environments. Investigating opportunities to deliver ethical public policy, it proposes strategies for building integrity and diminishing corruption in public administration. Beginning with an exploration of contemporary global trends in public administration and its vulnerability to corruption today, this Handbook sheds light on the avenues for corruption to access health care, education and local government sectors, as well as the effects of corruption on environmental protection, policing and the justice system and border administration. Employing an international approach, chapters consider how different national administrative environments shape corruption, and how governments seek to eradicate the unique problems that it poses. It concludes by scrutinizing the responses taken by public administrators in dealing with corrupt activities and highlighting opportunities to build integrity in the future. Featuring both theoretical illuminations and real-word insights, this Handbook is key reading for academics and researchers of public administration and management. Policymakers will also benefit from the proposed strategies for tackling public administrative corruption and building integrity. Contributors include: E. Butkevicien , M. Camerer, E. Dávid-Barrett, G. De Graaf, M. Fotaki, G. Fuller, A. Goldsmith, A. Graycar, D. Harris, M. Heide, S.P. Heyneman, M. Howlett, L.W.J.C. Huberts, S.K. Ivkovic, D. Jancsics, A. Jiang, M. Johnston, M.W. Katusiimeh, N. Kirby, E. Kolthoff, C. Lui, M. Macaulay, G. Marcetic, T. Minh Le, V. Morkevi ius, G. Mugellini, T. Oberman, B.J. Palifka, M. Pyman, J.S.T. Quah, T.H.S. Rice, B. Sarican, A. Shaipov, W. Slingerland, K. Smith, R.G. Smith, A.R. Timilsina, E. Vaidelyt , Z. van der Wal, A. van Montfort, T. Vian, S.R. Vidli ka, J.-P. Villeneuve, L. Vyas, R. White, A.M. Wu, A. YatesTrade Review‘This Handbook includes a variety of thought-provoking short works on public sector corruption and related topics. The collection is wide-ranging, allowing for excellent coverage of topics of interest to both scholars and practitioners.’ -- Chris Atkinson, Public Organization Review‘The volume presents a valuable and essential source for everyone interested in the study of corruption, ethics and integrity in public administration.’ -- Jan-Hinrik Meyer-Sahling, der moderne staat – Zeitschrift für Public Policy, Recht und ManagementTable of ContentsContents: 1 Corruption and Public Administration Adam Graycar Part 1: Public administration and its vulnerabilities 2. Trends and drivers of public administration in the 21st century Zeger van der Wal 3. Typologies of anti-corruption frameworks Jean-Patrick Villeneuve, Giulia Mugellini and Marlen Heide 4. Virtue and morality in public administration: Values driven leadership in public sector agencies Michael Macaulay 5. Anti-Corruption and Its Discontents: Reforming Reform Michael Johnston 6. Dealing with the dark side of policy making: Corruption, malfeasance and the volatility of policy mixes Michael Howlett 7. Corruption of public officials by organised crime: Understanding the risks, and exploring the solutions. Russell G Smith, Tony Oberman and Georgina Fuller Part 2: Corruption in sectors 8. Redefining sectors: a more focussed approach to tackling corruption. Mark Pyman 9. Corruption and administration in health care Taryn Vian 10. Corruption in the education secto Stephen Heyneman 11. Corruption and administration in local government Allan Yates 12. Curbing Corruption in Tax Administration with Enhanced Risk Mapping of Business Processes Tuan Minh Le and Beytullah Sarican 13. Corruption and administration in environmental protection Rob White 14. Studying Police Integrit Sanja Kutnjak Ivković 15. Prison corruption: an ecological framework Andrew Goldsmith 16.Corruption in border administration David Jancsics Part 3: Case studies from around the world 17. Features of corruption and anti-corruption work in China and India Lina Vyas and Alfred Wu 18. Corruption in Lithuania: between institutions and perceptions Eglė Butkevičienė, Eglė Vaidelytė, Vaidas Morkevičius 19. Public Administration and Corruption: A comparative case study of Police Services in Ghana and Uganda Donna Harris and Mesharch Walto Katusiimeh 20. Corruption, Organized Crime and the Public Sector in Mexico Bonnie J. Palifka 21. Public Administration and Integrity in South Africa: The case of the National Prosecuting Authority Marianne Camerer 22. Corruption, Ethics and Integrity in Public Administration in Ukraine Speedy Rice, Alora Jiang Artem Shaipov 23. Catharsis and Reform: an Australian example of building institutional integrity following systemic corruption Ken Smith 24. Corruption and Public Administration in Croatia Gordana Marčetić and Sunčana Roksandić Vidlička 25. Singapore’s Effective Anti-Corruption Recipe: Lessons for other Countries Jon S.T. Quah 26. The Netherlands: an impression of corruption in a less corrupt country Willeke Slingerland and Gjalt de Graaf Part 4 Responses to corruption in public administration 27. What works: global experiences in public administration Anga R. Timilsina and Charlene Lui 28. Regulating Conflicts of Interest in Public Office Elizabeth Dávid-Barrett 29. Whistleblowers counteracting institutional corruption in public administration Marianna Fotaki 30. Criminological responses to corruption Emile Kolthoff 31. Building ethical organisations: The importance of organizational integrity systems Leo Huberts and André van Montfort 32. 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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook examines performance management research specific to the public sector and its contexts, and provides suggestions for future developments in the field. It demonstrates the need for performance management to be reconceptualized as a core component of business both within and across organizations, and how it must be embedded in both strategic decision-making and as a day-to-day leadership and management practice in order to be effective.Addressing multiple levels of analysis, the Handbook shows how performance management can enable high performance if governance, systems, organization and individual components are aligned. Written by an international team of both academics and practitioners, chapters offer insights into why changes in practice need to occur, how to make such changes possible, and what these changes require from a practical standpoint. The Handbook also highlights current limitations in public sector performance management and suggests new initiatives for performance management frameworks.Scholars of public policy in human resources, administration and management looking for exemplary current research in these fields will find this Handbook invaluable. It will also be of interest to public administration and human resources practitioners looking to develop new practice and create new ways of thinking and behaving in the aftermath of global upheaval.Trade Review'This is a timely and wide-ranging collection, bringing systems thinking and multi-level analysis to the framing and the analysis of performance management in public organizations. This is a valuable contribution, encouraging the reader to reflect continually on the purposes and goals of performance management in any particular context.' -- Jean Hartley, The Open University, UK'Performance is one of the core themes in contemporary public management. This Handbook offers a fascinating collection of perspectives on making performance management work. The contributions skillfully explain how performance management is not about compliance but about the engagement of people. The Handbook on Performance Management in the Public Sector is an essential next step in understanding how performance management can contribute to performance in governance institutions and volatile settings.' -- Wouter Van Dooren, University of Antwerp, Belgium'Managing performance is now center stage in business, but the public sector context is different and requires unique solutions. The authors in this Handbook, all experts in their fields, explain everything we need to know to get better at managing this essential task.' -- Peter Cappelli, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Reinventing performance management in the public sector 1 Jane Gunn, Kristy Zwickert and Kathy Hilyard PART I GOVERNANCE AND SYSTEMS: WHY PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE RESEARCH APPROACHES ARE CHANGING 2 Not my problem: the impact of siloed performance management on policy design and implementation 28 Sue Olney 3 Applying behavioural science to performance management 42 Donald Moynihan 4 Performance measures for governance systems 55 Sharron O’Neill and Jim Rooney 5 How can public service performance management be understood at a systems level? 72 Karen Gardner 6 Causes of gaming in performance management 82 Jeannette Taylor 7 A test of wills? Exploring synecdoche and gaming in the national literacy and numeracy performance monitoring regime 96 Joseph Drew and Janine O’Flynn 8 Managing the complexity of outcomes: a new approach to performance measurement and management 111 Max French, Toby Lowe, Rob Wilson, Mary-Lee Rhodes and Melissa Hawkins PART II ORGANIZATIONS AND EMPLOYEES: PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT – THE AGENDA OF THE FUTURE? 9 Prospects for more informal and continuous performance conversations in the Australian Public Service 140 Michael O’Donnell 10 The changing nature of work: time to return to performance fundamentals? 152 Helen Dickinson and Janine O’Flynn 11 Assessing organization performance in public sector systems: lessons from Canada’s MAF and New Zealand’s PIF 169 Barbara Allen, Evert Lindquist and Elizabeth Eppel 12 Making performance management work in developing countries through system integration: the perspective from Ghana 185 Frank Louis Kwaku Ohemeng 13 The high performance government organization: a different approach to effective improvement 209 André de Waal and Paul Jan Linker 14 Performance management and common purpose: rethinking solutions to inter-organizational working 229 Fiona Buick 15 Who is accountable for capability development? 249 Samantha Johnson 16 Modern employee performance management in the U.S. Federal Government 259 Rebecca S. Ayers 17 Using performance management to drive employee engagement in the public sector 276 Edward M. Mone and Manuel London 18 Designing performance management to be an ethical tool 294 Deborah Blackman, Fiona Buick and Michael O’Donnell 19 Conclusion to the Handbook on Performance Management in the Public Sector 308 Deborah Blackman, Fiona Buick, Karen Gardner, Miriam Glennie, Samantha Johnson, Michael O’Donnell and Sue Olney Index

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Book SynopsisThis important Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the role, function and perceived impact of policy research-oriented institutions in North America, Europe and beyond. Over two-dozen international scholars explore the diverse and eclectic world of think tanks to reveal their structure, governance and unique position in occupying a critical space on the public policy landscape.This Handbook serves as a reference point for understanding how think tanks shape public opinion and public policy, and how their directors help them navigate their way through an increasingly crowded marketplace of ideas. It also considers how these organizations enlist various actors (such as policy makers, the media, donors and industry leaders) to influence the discourse around key domestic and foreign policy issues.Handbook on Think Tanks in Public Policy is an invaluable resource for academics and students who wish to further their understanding of how to measure the impact and reach of think tanks. It will also be useful for policymakers and NGOs who are interested in the expertise think tanks can offer on policy-related issues and to donors, whose main goals and objectives may be advanced by these organisations. Trade Review'This is a remarkable collection of expert analysis on the politics, practices and study of think tanks. Abelson and Rastrick have curated a collection that adds significantly to our appreciation of the role of think tanks in different geographical and political contexts, and explores the dynamics and influence of think tanks within the nation-state and those that operate globally. The collection combines insightful insider reflections with scholarly discussion to provide an invaluable addition to our understanding of these important institutions.' -- Helen Sullivan, Crawford School of Public Policy, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook on Think Tanks in Public Policy xviii Donald E. Abelson and Christopher J. Rastrick PART I THE STUDY OF THINK TANKS 1 ‘Network Intellectuals’ and ‘Networked Intellectuals’: relational approaches to the study of British think tanks 2 Jordan Tchilingirian 2 Describing and comparing think tanks 16 Enrique Mendizabal 3 Methodological challenges and advances in studying think tanks 33 Jesper Dahl Kelstrup PART II MANAGING THINK TANKS: THE VIEW FROM INSIDE 4 Co-opting the interest groups 44 Madsen Pirie 5 Addressing ‘new’ think tank management problems 55 Raymond J. Struyk 6 Association to institute: AEI through four presidencies 71 Karlyn Bowman 7 American foundations, think tanks and the liberal international order 86 Inderjeet Parmar and Shihui Yin PART III INFLUENCE AND IMPACT: HOW CAN WE UNDERSTAND THINK TANK PERFORMANCE? 8 Think tanks and policy communities: analysing policy influence and learning from the analogue to the digital era 100 Evert Lindquist 9 Think tanks beyond the nation-state: policy analysis for global policy and transnational administration 119 Diane Stone 10 If it doesn’t matter, why measure it? Reflections on think tank rankings and policy influence 134 Donald E. Abelson 11 Think tanks and the politics of climate change 150 Dieter Plehwe PART IV THINK TANKS ACROSS DIFFERENT POLITICAL SYSTEMS 12 Germany’s marketplace of ideas 167 Josef Braml and Daniela Schwarzer 13 The development of think tanks in China 179 Ling Li 14 The role of think tanks in promoting foreign policy change in Israel 205 Nimrod Goren 15 The rise or demise of American think tanks? 221 Donald E. Abelson 16 What’s in a think tank’s mix of interventions? Plugging into politics and policymaking in Canada’s knowledge regime 239 Julien Landry 17 Think tanks and political-knowledge regimes in the Southern Cone: case studies from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay 258 Adolfo Garcé García y Santos and Camilo López Burian 18 ‘Atlantic Drift’: a baseline model for American and supranational think tanks 278 Christopher J. Rastrick 19 EU think tanks: facilitating policy development in a changing environment 293 Heidi Ullrich 20 Supranational think tanks and the research agenda ahead 311 Christopher J. Rastrick PART V THINK TANKS IN POPULIST CONTEXTS 21 Think tanks confront the challenge of populism 322 Stephen Brooks 22 Trump and the foreign policy elite think tank networks 338 Naná de Graaff and Bastiaan van Apeldoorn 23 British think tanks in the time of ‘Brexit’ 354 Mark Garnett and Virgile Lorenzoni Index 369

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Book SynopsisThis insightful Handbook presents readers with a comprehensive range of original research within the field of Collaborative Public Management (CPM). As a central area of study and practice in public administration, the Handbook explores the most important questions facing collaboration and provides future research directions and new areas of study.Featuring expert contributions from a diverse range of scholars, this Handbook showcases the emergence of collaborative governance research and charts connections among the multiple arenas of CPM; including public/private partnerships, emergency management and climate change management. Chapters cover the fundamental practices and limitations of CPM as well as future possibilities. Reflecting on leading theories and research, the Handbook argues that CPM is both an evolving field, as well as a varied and maturing one that is worthy of continued exploration.The Handbook will be a valuable resource to scholars and graduate students in subjects such as public administration and public policy, who are interested in examining current research and approaches within the field. The examination of collaborative initiatives will also be beneficial to administrative leaders in public services who want to understand how to lead and manage more dynamic arrangements.Trade Review‘At a time of growing complexity of pressing public policy problems, the authors in this book masterfully examine collaboration as a way to address those problems. The balanced and thoughtful assessments of the many facets of collaboration open doors to greater understanding concerning the what, how, and why behind the decision to collaborate. The new ideas presented here -- from macro network analyses to micro examinations of how to collaborate -- are a breath of fresh air. This is a “must read” for anyone interested in collaboration as a management, leadership, or policy strategy.’ -- - Rosemary O'Leary, University of Kansas School of Public Affairs, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface xxvi Acknowledgements xxix Introduction: collaborative public management as an emergent field xxx Jack Wayne Meek PART I PRACTICES AND PATTERNS OF COLLABORATIVE PUBLIC MANAGEMENT 1 Collaboration: what does it really mean? 2 Margaret Stout and Robyn Keast 2 The collaborative governance networks literature: a comprehensive and systematic review 21 Göktuğ Morçöl, Eunsil Yoo, Shahinshah Faisal Azim, and Aravind Menon 3 Negotiation within collaborative networks 35 Elise Boruvka and Lisa Blomgren Amsler 4 Mapping the communities of practice of public administrators 51 Christopher Koliba 5 The generation and selection of diversity in collaborative processes: an evolutionary view 69 Lasse Gerrits and Robin Chang 6 The complexity of integrating sustainability with transportation asset management processes: governance of intergovernmental decision-making on prioritizing transportation infrastructure projects 83 Asim Zia and Christopher Koliba PART II ARENAS OF COLLABORATIVE PUBLIC MANAGEMENT 7 Hybridity and the search for the right mix in governing PPP collaboration 97 Erik Hans Klijn, Joop Koppenjan, and Rianne Warsen 8 Collaborative governance of freshwater 113 Elizabeth Eppel and Jackie Dingfelder 9 Collaborative emergency management: effectiveness of emergency management networks 130 Jenna Tyler and Naim Kapucu 10 A ‘Key Actors Governance Framework’ (KAGF) for nature-based solutions to societal challenges 148 Siobhan McQuaid, Mary Lee Rhodes and Aitziber Egusquiza Ortega 11 Local governments and shared services: insights on institutional mechanisms, partners, and purpose 163 Jun Li, José Sánchez, Jered B. Carr, Michael D. Siciliano 12 Who will risk interlocal collaboration? 180 Evan Walter and Kurt Thurmaier 13 Collaboration in public budgeting 197 Marcia L. Godwin 14 Democratizing network governance: the role of citizen input 212 Sofia Prysmakova-Rivera 15 From collaborative responsiveness to collaborative empowerment 225 Thomas Andrew Bryer PART III THE LIMITS OF COLLABORATIVE PUBLIC MANAGEMENT 16 Tribal sovereignty and the limits and potential of inter-governmental collaboration 237 Kathy Quick 17 Functional collective action dilemma and collaborative management 252 Heewon Lee 18 Collaborative governance of SDGs: a welfare economics view 266 Frank Naert 19 Limitations of collaborative public management in American fiscal federalism 283 Soomi Lee PART IV ADVANCING COLLABORATIVE PUBLIC MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE 20 Improving the use of science in collaborative governance 297 Tomas M. Koontz and Craig W. Thomas 21 Collaborating in high-reliability settings 315 Olivier Berthod and Jörg Sydow 22 Fostering sustainable community outcomes through policy networks: a dynamic performance governance approach 333 Carmine Bianchi 23 Continuous improvement (CI) in collaborative management 357 Robert Agranoff 24 Implementation in collaboration governance 386 Tina Nabatchi and Kirk Emerson 25 The social embedding of generic governance instruments 405 Christopher Ansell, Eva Sørensen and Jacob Torfing 26 Collaborative governance under stress: limits, failure, renewal 425 Louise K. Comfort Epilogue: the significance of collaborative public management 442 Jack Wayne Meek Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook comprehensively explores research methods in public administration, management and policy. Exploring the richness of both traditional and contemporary methods and strategies for making progress in the field, it provides an advanced toolkit for understanding the science of public administration and management in the 21st century.Bringing together leading international academics and experts, contributors focus on innovative research architectures, useful research techniques and best practices for the study of modern bureaucracy and the behaviour of its agents and stakeholders. Chapters look for new frontiers of the discipline with quantitative and qualitative tools and explore empirical studies to support theoretical insights. Each chapter of the Handbook provides specific examples of how these methods are used, enabling a practical understanding of a variety of intellectual paths and techniques for improving the study of modern governance. Comprehensive and enlightening, this Handbook will be essential for academics of public policy and administration looking to enhance their research methods, as well as students learning the basics of research in this field. It will also benefit government experts, civil servants and policymakers who need to better understand how the public sector can benefit from public administration methodologies.Trade Review'It is our duty to keep the field of public administration not just relevant, but also scientifically sound and excellent. This book pushes us to these levels. Research methods are not sufficient but necessary for this excellence. This book guides us to a renewed generation of research methods. It is compulsory reading for sustainable public administration.' -- Geert Bouckaert, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: 1 Towards a new age of research methods in public administration, public management and public policy 1 Eran Vigoda-Gadot and Dana R. Vashdi PART I QUANTITATIVE AND MIXED METHODS 2 Analysing relationships between multiple variables: applications for public administration, policy and management 13 Dana R. Vashdi and Eran Vigoda-Gadot 3 Mixed methods in public administration: advantages and challenges 28 Paolo Belardinelli and Valentina Mele 4 Agent-based modeling as a tool for public management research 42 Fabian Homberg, Davide Secchi and Dinuka B. Herath 5 Hybridizing agent-based with system dynamics models: principles for theory development in public policy and management research 63 Lisa Christen Gajary 6 Measurement of public values that do not involve money 88 Jonathan Baron 7 Theory building in public administration: utilizing factor analysis in the development of analytical constructs 107 Kalu N. Kalu 8 The use of difference-in-differences (DiD) in public administration research 127 Yaniv Reingewertz PART II QUALITATIVE AND COMPARATIVE METHODS 9 Qualitative research approaches: application in a UK public administration context 139 Ruth Plume, Alan Page and Hemda Garelick 10 Comparative methods A: exploring big comparative questions in public administration 161 Evan Berman and Don-Yun Chen 11 Comparative methods B: comparative methods in public administration – the value of looking around 181 Sabine Kuhlmann and Markus Seyfried 12 Comparative methods C: building a cross-national research project 197 Mary E. Guy and Seung-Bum Yang PART III EXPERIMENTAL METHODS 13 Experimental methods A: survey experiments in public administration 218 B. Guy Peters and João V. Guedes-Neto 14 Experimental methods B: laboratory experiments 234 Robin Bouwman PART IV PROGRAM EVALUATION, POLICY AND NETWORK ANALYSIS 15 Program evaluation A: program evaluation in action – traditional and innovative approaches 254 Huey T. Chen 16 Program evaluation B: evaluation, big data, and artificial intelligence: two sides of one coin 277 Frans L. Leeuw 17 Policy analysis: evaluating big stories 298 Shlomo Mizrahi 18 Introduction to social network analysis methods 314 Pamela A. Mischen PART V BIG DATA AND ADVANCED METHODS 19 Advanced methods and big data 337 Donald F. Kettl 20 Dealing with open data: measuring the performance of public higher education institutions using open government data 353 Vanessa Hernandes Oliveira de Oliveira and Róberson Macedo de Oliveira PART VI ETHICS, OUTLIERS AND REPORTING 21 Ethical considerations in public administration research 365 Richard. W. Schwester 22 Finding gold in the dross: outliers as a resource for policy analysis 377 Anat Gofen and David L. Weimer 23 Constructive ending: how to finalize the conclusion and discussion of a research project and a journal article 395 Alexey G. Barabashev Index 411

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book critically examines the phenomenon of public private partnerships (PPPs) through a global, theoretical, lens. It considers the reasons for merging private entities and public administration, as well as the processes and consequences of doing so. The benefits for the community as well as the radical changes in the principles and modalities of administrative activity are theorized and discussed. The authors position co-responsibility and a bottom-up approach as new routes of administrative action, showing how the dynamism and energy of both communities and administrations can come together in an effective way. The key concept of the analysis is 'governing common interests'. It reveals a revolutionary change in the traditional approach to 'public interest', as a result of the emerging role of the private sector in interpreting and taking care of the community's need. Chapters provide systematic analysis of the central ideas for governing common interests through PPPs, with reference to cases and legislation, showing the advantages, the reasons and the forms of application in national and international contexts, and the differentiation from similar models.Setting PPPs in a clear and consistent theoretical framework, this informative book will be of value to academics and students of public administrative and constitutional law, whilst also appealing to both policy makers and public officials.Trade Review'This book is a well-structured, welcome invitation for legal scholars to explore the values and relationships upon which our modern economy bases its governance. The book is recommended for researchers interested in privatization, the public-private divide, and present and future shifts in administrative law.' -- Astrid Voorwinden, Review of European Administrative Law'This book provides a timely review of the paths towards sustainable and mutually-beneficial PPPs. Consistent with UNCITRAL's recent work on this topic, the authors have demystified PPPs and located them appropriately in a good governance framework.' -- Caroline Nicholas, UNCITRAL Secretariat, United Nations'This book is a significant practical and theoretical addition to the literature on PPPs. Presenting a multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary approach to the subject matter, the authors are to be commended for distilling and explaining the tensions inherent in this field. It is not often that one comes across a book that is as in-depth, well-reasoned and well written as this. I would recommend this book to all lawyers and non-lawyers interested in public procurement, in development procurement and in PPPs.' -- Sope Williams-Elegbe, Stellenbosch University, South AfricaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I 1. Public private partnership: first steps towards a juridical definition 2. Public private partnership’s juridical identity: the international dimension 3. Public private partnership’s juridical identity: the local dimension 4. Clearing the picture: overcoming common misperceptions Part II 5. Reconstructing the juridical identity of public private partnership 6. From public interest to common interests 7. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking Handbook on Gender and Public Administration brings together leading experts in a rapidly growing field of study to explore the emerging contexts of gender and public administration. Capturing the many facets of this dynamic trend, the book explores gender equity and further examines masculinity, intersectionality and beyond binary conceptions of gender. Chapters written by expert contributors provide an in-depth analysis of the history, theory and context of gender equity alongside the intersection of gender and traditional public administration topics such as budgeting, personnel, organizations, ethics, performance and representative democracy. Furthermore, it investigates gender dynamics in international, governmental, non-profit, policy and academic contexts, highlights the progress made, and identifies the ongoing challenges. This timely Handbook will be an excellent resource for scholars in public administration who wish to explore gender and the broader questions of social equity, as well as scholars new to the field of public administration and gender. Following a growing movement to incorporate gender into public administration curriculum, this book will also prove a useful guide for faculty providing these courses.Trade Review‘Shields and Elias have assembled an amazing line up of scholars who demonstrate why gender is central to addressing the big questions of public administration. Covering a diversity of contexts and concepts, this edited volume will be the leading text on the study of gender and public administration for the next generation of scholars. At a time when major public policy challenges continue to have differential impacts along gender lines, this text could not be any more timely. I look forward to the dialogue it will inspire.’ -- Jessica Sowa, University of Delaware, US‘This Handbook is cause for celebration: a distinguished line up of contributors tackling gender in public administration from a rich and timely array of perspectives. Perceptive, stimulating and useful for administrators, scholars and teachers. A welcome resource that will become a classic!’ -- Camilla Stivers, Cleveland State University, US‘This Handbook reinforces, continues, and bolsters a critically important conversation in public administration and management – the role of gender representation. Authors in this book critically unpack the notion of gender and its effects on public service and public servants. The work is an excellent addition to our canon and will make an immediate positive difference for current and future scholars and practitioners.’ -- Staci Zavattaro, University of Central Florida, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xvi Roddrick Colvin Acknowledgments xix List of abbreviations xx 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Gender and Public Administration 1 Patricia M. Shields and Nicole M. Elias PART I THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL ROOTS 2 Revisiting Camilla Stivers’s Gender Images in Public Administration 21 Jennifer Alexander and María Verónica Elías 3 The origins of the settlement model of public administration: stories of women pioneers 35 Patricia M. Shields 4 The long road of administrative memory: Jane Addams, Frances Perkins and care-centered administration 53 DeLysa Burnier 5 Emotional labor, gender and public administration 68 Nazife Emel Ganapati, Christa L. Remington and Meredith A. Newman 6 Managing masculinity in public organizations 85 Nuri Heckler 7 Beyond binary treatment of gender in public administration and policy 103 Nicole M. Elias 8 Intersectionality of gender and race in governmental affairs 115 Schnequa Nicole Diggs PART II PILLARS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 9 Gender-responsive budgeting: a global perspective 133 Marilyn Marks Rubin and John R. Bartle 10 Trends in international scholarship on gender and public personnel administration (2008–19) 149 Nandhini Rangarajan and Mark Lottman 11 Gender in administrative ethics: Jane Addams’s feminist pragmatist conception of democracy as social ethics 165 Jennifer Kiefer Fenton 12 Women’s representation in public sector organizations: persistent challenges and potential for change 182 Sebawit G. Bishu 13 Gender and nonprofit administration: past, present and future 195 Michelle D. Evans and Hillary J. Knepper 14 Gender and representative bureaucracy 212 Jennifer Hooker and Mary E. Guy 15 Performance, social equity and gender 230 Samantha June Larson 16 Gender and public service motivation: recognizing gender as a social structure 243 Nicole M. Humphrey PART III CONTEXTS OF GENDER AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 17 Making the case for addressing second-generation gender bias in public administration 258 Helisse Levine, Maria J. D’Agostino and Meghna Sabharwal 18 #MeToo and human resources legislation: history, legal patterns and prospects 268 Sean McCandless 19 “Backwards in high heels”: revisiting gender in Utah state government and administration after 30 years 288 Sharon Mastracci and Nadia Mahallati 20 Women in Texas local government: the road to city manager 302 Ashley Wayman, Samantha Alexander and Patricia M. Shields 21 When gender-neutral rental housing policy becomes gender-inequitable 317 Megan E. Hatch 22 “It is very much a man’s world”: gender representation in agricultural policy and administration 332 Aritree Samanta, Shilpa Viswanath and Mary Anh Quyen Tran 23 Women and military service 349 Lindy Heinecken 24 Gender and public administration scholarship 364 Zoe A. Klobus, Michelle D. Evans and Hillary J. Knepper 25 The leaky pipeline: gender and public administration professional education 383 Beth M. Rauhaus and Isla A. Schuchs Carr 26 Gender and the construction of a positive peace within the 2016 Colombian peace deal 399 Melissa Gómez Hernández 27 Governing for equality: the Ethiopian case 413 Sebawit G. Bishu Index

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Book SynopsisThis expertly curated and accessible Elgar Modern Guide is dedicated to aiding our understanding of the large corpus of studies and concepts in public policy developed using many multi-disciplinary frameworks and approaches. Bringing together a wide range of specialist contributors, this Modern Guide explores these approaches and methodologies, ranging from the examinaion of the micro level of human behaviour to the impact of the nature of global political systems on domestic policy-making. Scholars and practitioners use many frameworks and methods in order to explore these complex government and policy processes and dynamics and this book provides a handy guide to their origins, applications, and strengths and weaknesses. Chapters address the manner in which policies develop, the mechanisms activated in order to achieve policy goals, and the general patterns through which policies evolve and change. Featuring coverage of both classic and contemporary work in the field, A Modern Guide to Public Policy is an invaluable resource for both graduate and undergraduate students and for practitioners seeking an introduction to public policy and public management. It serves as an entry point into current research findings and methods for both researchers and practitioners alike and is essential reading for those wishing to enhance their understanding of public policy-making as a supplement to their other areas of interest.Trade Review‘This timely contribution gathers the rich body of literature in policy studies within a comprehensive framework. Edited by two of the world’s leading scholars in the field, the volume builds on the contribution of both prominent and emerging scholars to make a critical presentation and examination of the state of the art in public policy analysis. The book successfully combines the theoretical milestones of policy studies and the empirical reality of public policymaking to become an indispensable guide for students, academics and practitioners interested in the question of how to make policies work.’ -- Giulia Bazzan, International Review of Public Policy‘A Modern Guide to Public Policy provides a commendable overview of the field’s literature and implications for practice. I was impressed with the breadth of coverage and the quality of content from the assembled author team. The book will be most useful for graduate-level courses in public policy, possibly as a central text for such a course within a public administration program, given the chapters’ frequent attention to practitioner perspectives.’ -- Christopher L Atkinson, International Journal of Public Administration'Those new to the study of public policy, as well as those who have long made its practice and study their work, will welcome this volume. Edited by two of the world's leading scholars of public policy, its sixteen chapters, written by prominent and emerging European, Asian and North American scholars, succeed where few edited volumes do. They introduce readers to the foundational works in public policy even while providing state of the art theorizing regarding such topics as the dynamics of public policy, mechanistic underpinnings of policy design, and the effect of policy tools and policy mixes on policy outcomes.' --Grace Skogstad, University of Toronto, Canada'The theory and practice of public policy has shifted considerably in response to ongoing crises, challenges and institutional reform. Capano and Howlett have assembled a great line-up of scholars, bringing fresh insights to understanding these changes. The authors take seriously the importance of historical context and institutional capacity, in order to explain the politics of policy debate, including policy instruments, processes, learning and policy evaluation. As a guide to key themes in policy theory and practice, this book provides authoritative coverage.' --Brian Head, University of Queensland, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Capano and Howlett PART 1 – STUDYING PUBLIC POLICY ACTORS & DYNAMICS 2. Public Policy: Definitions & Approaches Howlett and Cashore 3. Studying Policy Dynamics: Policy Cycles and Regimes Perl 4. Mapping Policy Agents: policy entrepreneurs, advocacy coalitions, epistemic communities, instrument constituencies Beland and Haelg PART 2 – STUDYING THE POLICY CONTEXT & PROCESSES 5. Addressing Uncertainty and Ambiguity in policymaking: advancements and dilemmas Nair 6. Making sense of the babble of policy-making: A general framework of the policy process Goyal and Howlett 7. Policy Over- and Underreaction: From Unintentional Error to Deliberate Policy Response Maor PART 3 – STUDYING POLICY MECHANISMS & BEHAVIOUR 8. Studying Public Policy: A Mechanistic Perspective Capano 9. Types of Policy Mechanisms: 1st- and 2nd Order Mechanisms. A case study application Busetti and Capano 10. Understanding Policy Target Behaviour: Compliance Problems & the Limitations of the Utility Paradigm Howlett PART 4 – STUDYING POLICY TOOLS & CAPACITIES 11. Policy Instruments: Definitions & Approaches Howlett 12. Policy Resources, Capacities and Capabilities Wu, Ramesh and Howlett 13. Understanding Complex Policy Mixes: Conceptual and Empirical Challenges Sewerin PART 5 – STUDYING POLICY OUTPUTS & OUTCOMES 14. Policy Design and Non-Design: Discerning the Content of Policy Packaging, Patching, Stretching and Layering Capano and Mukherjee 15. The lessons of policy learning: types, triggers, hindrances and pathologies Dunlop and Radaelli 16. 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Book SynopsisControlling EU Agencies launches the debate on how to build a comprehensive system of controls in light of the ongoing trends of agencification and Europeanisation of the executive in the EU. Expert multi-disciplinary contributors explore the potential of interconnecting different concepts and types of controls, as well as different outputs of EU agencies, to address the challenges and limitations that individual types of control present. Insightful chapters analyse these issues in relation to individual concepts of control - autonomy, accountability, effective judicial protection, deference, protection of fundamental rights, transparency, liability - as well as specifically for different types of agencies' outputs, including both soft and hard laws. Through the creation of a systemic view, the book suggests ways in which this system of controls may be improved for the future. Timely and engaging, this book will be of great interest to scholars and students of law, governance, public administration and political science, especially those investigating controls of public power. It will also provide an important resource for researchers and officials dealing with design and operation of EU agencies. Contributors include: G.J. Brandsma, A. Brenninkmeijer, A. Buijze, F. Cacciatore, M. Catanzariti, M. Chamon, P. Craig, E. de Jong, M. Eliantonio, D. Fernandez-Rojo, S. Gabbi, T. Huisjes, B. Kleizen, M. Maggetti, F. Meyer, C. Moser, L. Mustert, S. Nicolosi, Y. Papadopoulos, S. Prechal, M. Scholten, M. Simoncini, B. Strauss, J. Timmermans, S. Tosza, A.H. Türk, M. van Rijsbergen, K. Verhoest, R. Widdershoven, M. WoodTrade Review'This book, so fully documenting the profusion of EU administrative agencies, their importance, and the variety of their practices and authorities, makes clear the need for uniform procedural provisions, such as have been drafted by the impressive Research Network on EU Administrative Law (ReNEUAL).' --Peter L. Strauss, Betts Professor of Law Emeritus, Columbia Law School, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Controlling EU agencies: an introduction 1 Miroslava Scholten, Béla Strauss and Alex Brenninkmeijer PART I CONTROL IN A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL SETTING OF THE EU: CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVE 2 EU agencies and the rise of a mixed administration in the EU multi-jurisdictional setting: facing the challenges of the rule of law 18 Mariavittoria Catanzariti and Alexander H. Türk 3 Opportunities and threats of agency autonomy in EU governance: integrating separate debates 39 Bjorn Kleizen and Koen Verhoest 4 Accountability in a multi-jurisdictional order 60 Gijs Jan Brandsma and Carolyn Moser 5 Principle of effective judicial protection 80 Sacha Prechal and Rob Widdershoven 6 Judicial review and judicial deference 98 Paul Craig 7 EU agency tort law and its limited role in controlling agencies 117 Elbert de Jong 8 Protection of fundamental rights in a multi-jurisdictional setting of the EU 134 Frank Meyer 9 Transparency in the multi-jurisdictional setting of the EU 157 Anoeska Buijze PART II CONTROL IN THE INSTITUTIONAL SET UP AND OPERATION OF EU AGENCIES 10 Out of control? The case of the European Asylum Support Office 177 Salvatore F. Nicolosi and David Fernandez-Rojo 11 Controlling the European Food Safety Authority 196 Simone Gabbi, Matthew Wood and Béla Strauss 12 Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Assessing the systems of controls of the European Fisheries Control Agency’s inspecting powers 215 Federica Cacciatore and Mariolina Eliantonio 13 Eurojust: mechanisms controlling the agency for coordination and cooperation in criminal matters 234 Tom Huisjes and Stanisław Tosza 14 Controls in the case of the EU civil aviation safety rules 252 Lisette Mustert and Miroslava Scholten 15 Controlling ESMA’s enforcement powers 272 Marloes van Rijsbergen and Marta Simoncini 16 Controlling the SRB’s resolution powers 293 Jolien Timmermans and Merijn Chamon 17 Towards a comprehensive system of controls for EU agencies 312 Miroslava Scholten, Martino Maggetti and Yannis Papadopoulos Index 328

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Book SynopsisPublic private partnerships (PPPs) have been a controversial approach to procuring public infrastructure services. Against a background of recent trenchant criticism of PPPs, Mervyn K. Lewis, a leading scholar in the area, re-examines their utility. He questions what PPPs can and cannot do, why governments choose this route and whether PPPs can ever be good value for money.The author analyses the extensive use of PPPs for hospitals and transport megaprojects and outlines the key challenges to implementing them, shaping the future direction of the PPP model. Exploring the psychological influences on decision-making, the book also puts a new focus on the people delivering the project; it is not only a matter of selecting the right model. Professor Lewis concludes that, although the PPP model remains problematic, if chosen appropriately every procurement approach has its place in good policy.Providing an in-depth exploration of the features of PPPs and the complexities of megaprojects, Rethinking Public Private Partnerships will be of considerable interest to academics and students of public policy, economic regulation and governance, and public finance. Its re-assessment of the field will also prove invaluable for government procurers, advisory firms and PPP experts.Trade Review‘Rethinking Public Private Partnerships by Mervyn Lewis is an invaluable addition to the literature on the procurement of public infrastructure assets and services. It evaluates the conflicting claims in both the academic and professional literature about the relative value-for-money (VfM) to the public of bundled procurement of the financing, design, construction and operation of infrastructure assets through PPPs vs. traditional, unbundled delivery of projects through public finance and a chain of private contractors and subcontractors managed by a public agency. The book is engaging, clearly written, jargon-free, scrupulously balanced, and nuanced in its conclusions about the circumstances under which each approach delivers higher lifecycle VfM to the public. It is a ''must-read'' for academics, private infrastructure providers and public agencies contemplating the use of PPPs.' -- Raymond Levitt, Stanford University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Setting the scene 2. How did the idea of PPPs arise? 3. Exploring what PPPs can and cannot do 4. Can PPPs ever be good value? 5. Why choose a PPP? 6. PPPs and megaprojects 7. Where to now for PPPs? 8. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisThis cutting-edge Research Handbook brings together international scholars to provide a comprehensive overview of motivation within and beyond the field of public administration. Discussing the implications of contemporary research for theory and practice, it offers suggestions for the development of future research in the field. Contributions offer cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary insights into the theories that underpin motivation research and how motivation drives decisions across public, nonprofit, and private sector settings, highlighting key sector differences that influence decision-making. Covering a wide range of core motivational topics and subfields relevant to the study of public and nonprofit administration, chapters emphasize the key motivational factors that affect employee recruitment, selection, and retention and how they affect – and are affected by – employee behavior. Providing a wide-ranging coverage of the field, this Research Handbook is critical reading for scholars, researchers, and upper-level students of public administration and policy. It will also benefit practitioners in public and nonprofit organizations in need of a deeper understanding of the links between motivation and employee behavior.Trade Review‘This book is a breath of fresh air illuminating the theory and practice of motivating, cultivating, and caring for the public sector workforce at all levels of government. It is a must-read for scholars, practitioners, and students interested in building and sustaining a well-run public service.’ -- Rosemary O’Leary, University of Kansas, US‘Stazyk and Davis have assembled an all-star cast of public sector motivation researchers, from rising stars to revered veterans. This compendium of cutting-edged knowledge will surely become the bible for public sector motivation researchers.’ -- Leisha DeHart-Davis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, US‘This comprehensive reader provides an inclusive and sweeping examination of the issues on the topic of motivation in public administration. It takes a broad view of motivation, with some coverage of public service motivation (PSM), but the book also addresses other critical topics surrounding and affecting employee motivation that are often overlooked, including non-monetary compensation, unionization, public pensions, job designs and organizational justice. The coverage of both theoretical and applied applications, and the prominent scholars contributing to the reader make it a significant contribution to the literature addressing motivational issues in public administration. It goes beyond the standard fare and is a must read for those interested in the research and practice of motivation in the field.’ -- Norma M. Riccucci, Rutgers University, US‘Every once in a while, an edited collection reframes and revitalizes the state of the art! Edmund C. Stazyk and Randall S. Davis have edited such a masterful collection by bringing together leading international scholars on public and nonprofit employee motivation, who provide an expansive and in-depth account of motivation theory, public sector context, key human resource management processes, and employee behavior.’ -- Sanjay K. Pandey, George Washington University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Motivation in Public Administration 1 Edmund C. Stazyk and Randall S. Davis PART I THEORY AND FOUNDATIONS 2 The political economy of bureaucratic motivation 10 Yongjin Ahn and William Resh 3 Behavioral public administration and employee motivation 27 Carina Schott 4 The ins and outs of motivational crowding 39 Trent Engbers 5 Self-determination theory and public employee motivation research 57 Justin M. Stritch, Ulrich Thy Jensen and Michelle Allgood 6 Goals as a driver of public sector motivation 71 Edmund C. Stazyk and Jisang Kim 7 What do we know yet about public service motivation in Latin America? A review of the evolution of empirical research 89 Pablo Sanabria-Pulido and Cristian Pliscoff 8 Experiments and qualitative methods: towards a methodological framework 105 Kai Xiang Kwa PART II MOTIVATION AS A DRIVER OF SECTOR DECISIONS 9 Employee motivation across job sectors 122 Jaclyn Piatak 10 Monetary and non-monetary compensation in for-profit, nonprofit, and public organizations: comparison and competition 137 Laura Langbein and Fei W. Roberts 11 Unionization and the motivational context in public management 154 Randall S. Davis and Warefta Rahman 12 Public pensions and employment in the public sector 168 Gang Chen and Hyewon Kang 13 Unreserved fund balance management practices in US counties 183 John A. Hamman, LaShonda M. Stewart, Brian C. Chapman and Jeremy N. Phillips PART III FACTORS AFFECTING RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, AND RETENTION 14 Responsibility toward others is vital in public and non-profit organizations: can we recruit, hire, and cultivate it? 201 Neil M. Boyd and Branda Nowell 15 Merit system integrity and public service motivation in the US federal civil service: evidence on the importance of merit principles 219 Gene A. Brewer, J. Edward Kellough, and Hal G. Rainey 16 Job design and motivation: crafting the work of the public sector 234 Alexander C. Henderson and Jessica E. Sowa 17 Job design and public employee work motivation: towards an institutional reading 249 David Giauque and Rafaël Weissbrodt 18 For the children? Teachers’ motivation and systems for recruitment, retention, and evaluation 264 Stephen B. Holt 19 Public service motivation education and government career preferences: a teaching agenda 284 Leonard Bright PART IV MOTIVATION AND EMPLOYEE BEHAVIOR 20 Linking justice and employee performance in public organizations 293 Ellen V. Rubin and Minsung Michael Kang 21 Ethics, prosocial and public service motivation: disentangling their relationship and identifying the implications for the public and nonprofit sectors 307 Jessica Breaugh and Guillem Ripoll 22 Organizational identity orientation: a public sector research agenda 321 Julie Langer and Mary K. Feeney 23 Change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior in public organizations: appropriateness, opportunity, risk, and public service motivation 336 Jesse W. Campbell 24 Stressed versus motivated public employees: a systematic review of the motivation and stress literatures through a contextualized job demands-resources model 354 Rick T. Borst 25 Worked to a crisp: ‘realistic’ and ‘symbolic’ stressor effects on burnout 376 Adam C. Green 26 What happened to you? Understanding trauma and motivation in the public service workplace 386 Heather Getha-Taylor and Morgan D. Farnworth PART V CONCLUSION 27 Conclusions: where does motivation research in public administration go from here? 401 Randall S. Davis and Edmund C. Stazyk Index

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Book SynopsisThe public finance branch of economics has seen a great deal of change in prevailing attitudes regarding the role of the market and the role of government in countries with democratic institutions and market economies. Different functions have been added, over the past century, and especially after World War II, to the role that the government should play. The laissez faire ideology of the past, that minimized the government role, was progressively abandoned until the last two decades of the 20th century, when there was an attempt to reduce the ambitious role that the government had assumed, and to give a growing role back to the market. This book explains how changes in both the market and the government have made public finance a more challenging, interesting and at times frustrating branch of economics. It provides a cosmopolitan perspective and details the part that historical developments have played in shaping modern views. The author explores the real life, practical nature of public finance and de-emphasizes the role of armchair theorizing by focusing on real issues that are seen from a community rather than an individualistic perspective. The Advanced Introduction to Public Finance offers a fresh look at the field for students, researchers and policymakers in economics, public administration, taxation, policy and economic history.Trade Review‘The book is successful in presenting the advanced introduction to public finance to all diversified readers in a lucid way because the book focuses on ideas rather than techniques throughout. The author must be congratulated and thanked for this important contribution and Edward Elgar for publishing this book for the benefit of global readers.’ -- M R Narayana, Aarthika Charche'This wonderful book takes the reader through the intricacies of public finance with a simple and yet comprehensive approach. It explains institutional and historical aspects of government intervention in the economy, and it clarifies fundamental concepts in public economics. It reflects the deep knowledge of a leading economist who spent his life studying fiscal policy and advising governments throughout the world.' --Guido Tabellini, Bocconi University, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part One: Public Finance Objectives 1. Introduction 2. Why Public Finance? 3. What kind of state is in power? Part Two: Public Finance Instruments and Techniques 4. Government Tools 5. Guiding Tax Principles 6. The Development of Modern Tax Systems 7. Tax Choices and Tax Techniques 8. From Laissez faire To Welfare States 9. On the Growing Use of Regulations 10. Fiscal Deficits and Public Debt 11. Public Spending 12. Fiscal Federalism 13. Concluding Remarks Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOffering essential interpretations of the surge in recent literature on strategy and public management, this timely and insightful Handbook includes contributions from some of the key figures in the field, focusing on concepts such as strategic management, strategic planning, and strategizing for public purposes. Providing an in-depth examination of strategic public management as a key topic in public management and governance, this Handbook considers the interconnections between strategy, public value, and the state, and the challenges of strategizing collaborative governance. Chapters discuss the role of design-oriented practices in strategic public management, the rise of public innovation labs, business model innovation, and the financial dimension of strategy in the public sector. It also includes case studies from Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States, illustrating the effects of Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the growth of artificial intelligence on strategic public management. This stimulating Handbook will be essential reading for students and scholars in strategic management, public management, public administration, public policy and politics, and political science. It will also be beneficial for public managers, public administrators, strategizers, local, regional, and national politicians, and network managers.Trade Review‘Ever since I wrote Creating Public Value, I have had to argue with my academic colleagues about whether the idea of “strategic public management” could be considered a legitimate academic field that should attract attention from researchers, teachers, and practitioners who were interested in developing the concepts and pedagogies that could enable public officials, and more broadly, public leaders, to do better in mobilizing and directing private and public assets towards the achievement of freer, more prosperous, more secure, more tolerant, and more just societies. This Handbook on Strategic Public Management by Carsten Greve and Tamyko Ysa provides a resounding “yes!” to that question, and goes on to explain what this subject is, and – more significantly, why it is important, and how it can be taught! I am very glad it has been written since it shows the breadth of scholarship focused on this idea, along with the depth and precision of the analytic concepts associated with the larger idea. I recommend it heartily to those who wish to understand the internal logic and potential utility of this field, and to develop it further both in theory and in practice.’ -- Mark Moore, Harvard University, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I THE FIELD: STRATEGY, PUBLIC VALUE AND THE STATE 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Strategic Public Management 2 Carsten Greve and Tamyko Ysa 2 Strategic management and the study of public agencies: a historical overview 10 Ewan Ferlie 3 Finding a role for design-oriented practice in strategic public management: a conceptual engineering approach 26 Michael Barzelay 4 Strategy at the state level 47 Alasdair Roberts 5 Is strategy possible in a federal system? 63 Donald F. Kettl 6 The strategic state: a case study of devolved government in Scotland 75 Ian C. Elliott PART II CHALLENGES, APPROACHES AND NEW SOLUTIONS 7 Public value governance and strategic public management 92 John M. Bryson, Barbara C. Crosby and Bill Barberg 8 Strategic public management in crises 114 Per Lægreid and Lise H. Rykkja 9 Cross-fertilisation of design labs and strategic public management 133 Christian Bason 10 Magic PILs to cure the ills of public management? The rise of public innovation labs as design-for-policy entrepreneurs 147 Emma Blomkamp and Jenny M. Lewis 11 A public innovation strategy from the frontline: everyday innovation 165 Anne Reff Pedersen, Vibeke Kristine Scheller and Ditte Thøgersen 12 What a democratically anchored public administrator needs to understand about artificial intelligence and strategic management 178 Christopher Koliba and Emma Spett PART III REFLECTIONS ON THE WAY FORWARD: STRATEGICALLY ACTING PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS FOR VALUE CREATION SYSTEMS 13 Strategic planning: the way forward 196 Bert George, Rowie Huijbregts, Maria Tiggelaar, Laure Vandersmissen, Sven Vanhengel and Bishoy Louis Zaki 14 Business model innovation and the financial dimension of strategy in the public sector 211 Kuno Schedler 15 The individual public manager as a strategic actor in relation to the organizational environment 227 Kurt Klaudi Klausen 16 Strategic public management and the role of senior executives: the case of Australia 238 Linda Colley, Shelley Woods and Brian W. Head 17 Trust-based public management: conceptualization and lessons from the Swedish trust reform 260 Louise Bringselius 18 Emerging ideas for strategic public management: strategizing collaborative governance 280 Tamyko Ysa and Carsten Greve Index

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Book SynopsisPolitical leaders and institutions across the Global South are continually failing to respond to the needs of their citizens. This incisive book sets out to establish the pathways to and outcomes of accountability in a development context, as well as to investigate the ways in which people can seek redress and hold their public officials to account.Providing a timely complement to the current literature on accountability, the book features contributions from a diverse range of experienced and up-and-coming scholars and practitioners across the globe. Chapters explore questions of how improved accountability relations emerge, under what conditions they can be maintained, and what role civil-society actors, donors, and new ICT tools can and should play in developing countries. Integrating empirical case studies from Brazil, Egypt, India, Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia with a strong theoretical framework on accountability relations, the book delivers a comprehensive analysis of accountability initiatives across the Global South and ultimately reflects on how they contribute to reaching the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16.This insightful book will be an essential resource for academics, policymakers, and practitioners worldwide who are engaged in enhancing public sector accountability and implementing SDG 16. It will also help to guide social movements and citizen-led action.Trade Review‘This insightful and comprehensive overview of diverse accountability efforts underscores persistent gaps between policy discourse, practices and outcomes. All routes to accountability turn out to be long routes. The rich case studies remind us that accountability – as both a big idea and practical goal – remains ambiguous, malleable and contested.’ -- Jonathan Fox, American University, US‘In recent years, accountability has become a popular buzzword in development. With clear and compelling cases, this important book brings empirically grounded substance to the debate, documenting multiple innovations in accountability which use a variety of strategies to contest political orders across the global south. A very useful contribution to our understanding!’ -- John Gaventa, Institute of Development Studies, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xvii Introduction – public accountability in the global south: approaches and practices 1 Sylvia I. Bergh, Wil Hout, Sony Pellissery and C. Sathyamala PART I SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH 1 Enhancing citizen voices in service delivery in India: the role of social accountability tools 23 Samuel Paul and Meena Nair 2 Social accountability initiatives in Egypt: unlocking the ‘black box’ of contextual factors 41 Yasmin Khodary 3 Governance in translation: participatory budgeting across the developing world 60 Brian Wampler and Michael Touchton 4 Making the most of tech moments in accountable governance: identifying suitable entry points, actors and contexts 77 Fletcher Tembo 5 Civil society and state accountability: holding the state accountable in the context of shrinking civic space in Kenya 99 Antony Otieno Ong’ayo 6 Right to public services: reconceptualizing the path to (social) accountability in India 126 Anognya Parthasarathy PART II ACCOUNTABILITY POLITICS FROM THE ‘SUPPLY SIDE’ PERSPECTIVE 7 Frameworks of accountability in healthcare 151 James Warner Björkman 8 Holding the Ugandan police to account: case study of the Police Accountability and Reform Project 165 Wil Hout, Natascha Wagner and Rose Namara 9 The Office of Auditor General Zambia: becoming a professional audit office that empowers the public 182 James Hathaway 10 Accountable to whom? Basic service delivery in India’s urban-development programmes 198 Arvind Balaji Rajasekaran 11 Neoliberal reforms and public accountability in the Western Balkans 221 Rachel Kurian 12 Conclusion: main findings and future challenges to public accountability 245 Sylvia I. Bergh, Wil Hout, Meenal Thakur and C. Sathyamala Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative Handbook offers a wide-ranging overview of the multi-faceted field of public administration and management. It provides a broad approach to the discipline, addressing the range of descriptive, normative and critical theories required to diagnose public service issues and prescribe administrative action. Chapters assess the state of the field, presenting a comprehensive roadmap for future theoretical development. Featuring contributions from top international experts, the Handbook considers the key theories on the role, function and organization of public administration. It further offers critical insights on the people who work in public management, and a broad range of significant perspectives on the field. Interdisciplinary and comprehensive, it applies leading and emerging theories in public administration and management and applies them to latent and developing issues of public service and the relationship between government and society. This Handbook provides a far-reaching analysis of the field for scholars, researchers and graduate students of public administration and management, particularly those interested in an international or comparative approach to the field. Its theoretical insights will also benefit policymakers and practitioners working in public service provision in need of both trusted and innovative public management solutions.Trade Review‘Public administration is a wide-ranging and amorphous field. To make sense of it all requires a diverse range of theoretical perspectives. That is exactly what this excellent volume delivers, providing the reader with fresh perspectives on both the classic and novel big questions for governing.’ -- Donald Moynihan, Georgetown University, US‘This book is essential reading for all those scholars and practitioners who want to gain a deeper understanding of the balancing act ever-present in public administration and management to cope with classic and emerging dilemmas and the normative dimensions thereof. It sets the research agenda for the coming years.’ -- Michiel S. de Vries, Radboud University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook of Theories of Public Administration and Management 1 Thomas Andrew Bryer PART I THEORIES ON THE ROLE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 1 Public administration and politics: the art of separation 7 Patrick Overeem 2 Public administration and citizen participation: from isolation to activism to skepticism 19 Thomas Andrew Bryer and Nina Alvandipour 3 Public administration ethics: looking back and moving forward 30 So Hee Jeon 4 Social equity and public administration 43 Susan Gooden and Anthony Starke 5 Social justice theory in public administration: a review of critical perspectives in public administration 54 Kareem Willis and Tia Sherèe Gaynor PART II THEORIES ON THE FUNCTION OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 6 Performance: making sense of forests and trees 67 Kathryn Newcomer and Clint Brass 7 Collaborative governance: processes, benefits and outcomes 80 Sofia Prysmakova-Rivera and Olga Pysmenna 8 Public sector branding: understanding and applying the concept 98 Staci M. Zavattaro and M. Blair Thomas 9 Digital government: analytical models, underlying theories, and emergent theoretical perspective 105 Qianli Yuan, Mila Gasco-Hernandez and J. Ramon Gil-García 10 Understanding administrative law: an essential skillset for public sector management 124 Stephanie P. Newbold 11 Municipal management: seeking a theoretical perspective on form of government and performance 137 Kimberly Nelson PART III THEORIES ON THE PEOPLE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 12 Public service lala-land: public service motivation research and its researchers 152 Palina Prysmakova 13 Personnel management: improving employee and organizational performance 168 Mauricio Astudillo-Rodas and Norma M. Riccucci 14 Religiosity: emphasizing public service 180 Daniel Hummel 15 Leadership: the demise and rebirth of charisma in public administration and management research 189 Ulrich Thy Jensen 16 Diversity: what it is and what it isn’t 198 Brandi Blessett 17 Gender: expanding theory in public administration and policy 207 Nicole M. Elias and Maria J. D’Agostino PART IV THEORIES ON THE ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 18 Evolution and change in public organizations: efficiency, legitimacy and the resilience of core organizational elements 221 Jesse W. Campbell 19 Strategic management: public sector view 234 Jan-Erik Johanson 20 Inter-organizational relations: citizen-centered resource integration in times of complexity 252 Erik Eriksson and Andreas Hellström PART V INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT 21 Chile: public administration after the New Public Management 264 Cristian Pliscoff 22 Lithuania: public administration reforms during 2008–20 275 Vitalis Nakrošis 23 Chinese public administration research in mainstream PA journals: a systematic review (2002–20) 286 Hui Li and Jiasheng Zhang 24 United Kingdom: the rise and fall and rise of contemporary public administration 299 John Diamond 25 Decentralisation in Pakistan and India: a comparative review and policy implications 308 Aamer Taj and Muhammad Nouman 26 Russia: transformation of public administration in the context of digitalization 322 Nina Symanuk Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.In this updated second edition, internationally renowned scholar B. Guy Peters provides a succinct introduction to public policy and illustrates the design approach to policy problems. Peters demonstrates how decision-makers can make more effective choices and why a design approach to public intervention can improve policy formulation.Key features of the second edition include: Analytical identification and evaluation of the vital components of policy design Reflections on the challenges posed by Covid-19 and public policy solutions An expanded overview of evaluation and behavioral public policy analysis Critical discussions of alternatives to cost-benefit analysis. Offering a timely and concise approach to the field, this book will be crucial for high-level students who are new to public policy, as well as scholars and researchers hoping to improve and advance their understanding of the design perspective. Its analytic and theoretical grounding will also prove useful for policy practitioners, enabling sophisticated solutions to common policy problems.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Public policy: a design perspective 2. Policy problems PART I MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT POLICY 3. Models of policymaking 4. Agendas, agenda-setting and framing PART II POLICY INTERVENTIONS 5. Designing intervention and implementation 6. Policy instruments PART III EVALUATING POLICY 7. Evaluating public policy: an introduction 8. Evaluating public policy: the utilitarian dimension 9. Normative and ethical analysis of policy 10. Conclusion: policy success and failure References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This Research Agenda provides a broad and comprehensive overview of the field of multilevel governance. Illustrating theoretical and normative approaches and identifying prevailing gaps in research, it offers a cutting-edge agenda for future investigations. Leading experts from a range of disciplines explore key questions of multilevel governance pertaining to institutions and institutional dynamics, power relationships and the division of power, as well as policymaking and policy change. Chapters engage with a broad range of policy areas, including digitization, security, climate change and redistributive policies, addressing key multilevel governance issues and dilemmas in coordination, intergovernmental relations, democracy and the transformation of political authority. In an era demarcated by major transformative challenges, this Research Agenda represents an essential reading for students, academics and policy practitioners interested in public policy, comparative politics and intergovernmental or international relations. Offering a state-of-the-art agenda for future research, this book is crucial reading for researchers and graduate students in political science, public administration and federal studies. Its practical insights into contemporary policymaking will also benefit practitioners interested in multilevel governance policy.Trade Review‘In an age of complexity, change and turbulence, A Research Agenda for Multilevel Governance provides conceptual clarity and fresh perspectives . . . it redefines the state-of-the-art when it comes to understanding contemporary governance.’ -- Matthew Flinders, University of Sheffield, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: What is Multilevel Governance? Arthur Benz, Jörg Broschek and Markus Lederer PART I: STRUCTURES AND INSTITUTIONS 1 Multilevel Governance and the Coordination Dilemma Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks 2 Democratizing Multilevel Governance Achim Hurrelmann 3 Administrative Structures of Multilevel Governance Jarle Trondal 4 The Role of Law in Multilevel Governance: Four Conceptualizations Mark Dawson 5 Digitalization and Multilevel Governance Jeffery Roy PART II: ACTORS AND POWER 6 Regional and Global Multilevel Governance Between and Beyond States Tanja A. Börzel 7 Parliament and Parties in Multilevel Governance Katrin Auel 8 Regions and Cities in Multilevel Governance Michaël Tatham 9 Private Actors, NGOs and Civil Society in Multilevel Governance Janne Mende 10 National Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in Multilevel Governance Michael G. Breen and Anya Thomas PART III: ISSUES, CONFLICTS AND POLICYMAKING 11 The Multilevel Governance of Security Ursula Schröder 12 Multilevel Governance, Economic Disparities and Redistributive Policies Adam Harmes 13 From Sustainability to Resilience: Multilevel Governance as Adaptive Governance Debora Van Nijnatten 14 Designing, Reforming or Adapting? Multilevel Governance and Institutional Change Arthur Benz and Jörg Broschek Conclusion: A Research Agenda for Multilevel Governance Arthur Benz, Jörg Broschek and Markus Lederer Index

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Book SynopsisIn this innovative book, Jacob Torfing, a leading scholar of the field, critically evaluates emerging ideas, practices and institutions that are transforming how public governance is perceived, theorised and conducted in practice.Identifying cutting-edge developments in public governance, this incisive book analyses new forms of political leadership, public management, public organisation, administrative steering, cross-boundary collaboration, public regulation and societal problem-solving. Examining some of the most significant instances of public governance transformation, chapters explore the effects of transformations from sovereign to interactive political leadership, from national to multi-level governance, and from hard to soft power. With a novel focus on the production of innovative public value outcomes, the book considers how these developments interact with and are influenced by new digital technologies and increasing globalisation. Torfing concludes with a reflection on how best to comprehend, study and take advantage of current and future transformations in public governance.A novel rethinking of how current societies are governed, this book will inspire students, scholars and practitioners of political science, public policy, regulation and governance, and public administration management to reconsider how public governance and administration may be organised in the future to present innovative solutions to societal problems.Trade Review‘With a clarity that belies the difficulty of his task, Jacob Torfing manages to get the whole complex and nettlesome world of public governance into focus. Rethinking Governance demonstrates Torfing’s gift for showing us where we have come from and where we must go. -- Chris Ansell, University of California, Berkeley, US‘Rethinking Public Governance offers a masterful account of the origins, current difficulties, and possible vibrant futures for the governance of liberal democracies. The book is a must-read tour de force that integrates across disciplines in a theoretically rich, practically useful way and presents an ambitious agenda for future work.’ -- John M. Bryson, University of Minnesota, US‘Scholars and practitioners alike will benefit from this book’s well-informed, comprehensive, and topical overview of current orthodoxies and transformations in Public Governance. It identifies drivers and features of cutting-edge collaborative and democratic governance innovations and provides direction and inspiration for advancing both these practices and the study of public governance.’ -- Joop Koppenjan, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The public governance orthodoxy 3. From sovereign to interactive political leadership 4. From policy program implementation to public value creation 5. From control- to trust-based governance and management 6. From the efficient use of existing resources to the mobilization of new ones 7. From unicentric to pluricentric coordination 8. From national- to multi-level governance 9. From hard to soft power 10. From intra-organizational to inter-organizational leadership 11. From stability and continuous improvement to innovation 12. From spectator and counter-democracy to interactive democracy 13. Reinvigorating public governance studies Index

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Book SynopsisThe ability of a nation to finance its basic infrastructure is essential to its economic well-being in the 21st century. This second edition of State and Local Financial Instruments covers the municipal securities market in the United States from the perspective of its primary capital financing role in a fiscal federalist system, where subnational governments are responsible for financing the nation’s essential physical infrastructure.Using the latest financial research, the authors use data-driven analysis to inform current public policy debates regarding the future of subnational government debt finance. The theories, research and practical examples in the book illustrate the policies and practices that helped governments navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic, the Financial Crisis and Great Recession, and that contributed to government shipwrecks. The book is designed to help officials make good, sound fiscal choices in a fast changing, complex financial world entwined in a network of intermediaries, and within the constraints imposed by fiscal rules and institutions.This updated edition will be of interest to academics, students and researchers interested in economics, finance, international studies and public administration and policy. It is also an excellent reference tool for government officials, public policymakers and professionals working in finance.Trade Review'Three of the sharpest analysts of municipal financing update their cutting-edge book that helps to demystify the complexities of the financial markets and instruments employed to achieve public purposes. This edition adds insights from recent changes in laws, markets, and scholarly research up to and including the COVID-19 pandemic. This book is for professionals engaged in the practice of municipal securities as well as students and researchers devoted to learning market practice.' -- W. Bartley Hildreth, Georgia State University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to State and Local Financial Instruments PART I WHAT MAKES THE “MUNI” MARKET DIFFERENT? 2. The tax-exemption of municipal debt 3. States as fiscal “sovereigns”: implications for ability and willingness to pay in full and on time 4. The federalist framework: fiscal sovereignty, federal regulation, and disclosure PART II CREATING DEBT INSTRUMENTS FOR THE MUNICIPAL MARKET 5. Subnational government debt financial management I: Financing principles and policies 6. Subnational government debt financial management II: bringing an issue to market: networks and practices 7. The serial debt issue structure 8. Secondary market disclosure PART III FINANCIAL STRUCTURE AND THE RISK/REWARD TRADE-OFF 9. Financial engineering 10. Reducing debt service by refunding debt 11. Lessons learned from the birth, growth, and collapse of the municipal auction rate securities (MARS) market 12. Enhancing municipal credit 13. “Non-traditional” capital financing mechanisms and strategies 14. Conclusion to State and Local Financial Instruments Appendix A Review of time value of money Appendix B Basic principles of valuing debt instruments References Index

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Book SynopsisThe growing intensity and complexity of public service has spurred policy reform efforts across the globe, many featuring attempts to promote more collaborative government. Collaboration in Public Service Delivery sheds light on these efforts, analysing and reconceptualising the major types of collaboration in public service delivery through a governance lens. Featuring careful analysis with a global scope, this book unpacks the concept of collaborative service delivery and its practice, drawing from the fields of public policy, public administration, and management. Chapters by leading authors in these areas address service delivery arrangements including co-production, co-management, consultations, contracting-out, commissioning and certification. With a keen focus on conditions that are critical for the success of such collaborative arrangements, as well as their different pathways and pitfalls, the authors suggest ways to improve the analytical, managerial and political capacities needed for successful collaboration in public service delivery. This timely and comprehensive book is useful for students at all levels interested in public policy, governance, administration and management, as well as researchers investigating the governance of collaborative service delivery. Policymakers and practitioners working to re-evaluate and improve public service provision, especially, will also benefit from its insightful discussions of the conditions and mechanisms under which collaborative arrangements operate and fail or succeed.Trade Review'This stimulating collection makes a timely effort to unite different approaches to collaborative public service delivery. It will be of interest to anyone looking for an up-to-date overview of the latest development in this area of research.' --Taco Brandsen, Radboud University, the Netherlands'Collaboration between government and non-government organisations to deliver services and implement policies has burgeoned recently, in both print and practice. This book not only provides a timely stock-take of the diverse forms and potential of collaboration, but also offers keen insights into its challenges and their implications for public management.' --John Alford, University of Melbourne, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Part I Introduction: The Promise of Collaborative Public Service Delivery 1. Collaboration in Public Service Delivery: What, When and How Anka Kekez, Michael Howlett and M Ramesh 2. Collaboration: Key Concepts Chris Ansell Part II Types of Collaboration for Public Service Delivery: Critical Capacities and Implementation Challenges 3. Consultation as Collaboration? Genevieve Fuji Johnson and Robert Howsam 4. Contracting Out as a Governance Mechanism: The Case of National Health Insurance in India Maurya Dayashankar and M Ramesh 5. From Procurement to the Commissioning of Public Services Andrea Migone 6. Impact of State—Civil Society Co-management Contracts on Water Supply in Rural India: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Namrata Chindarkar, Yvonne Jie Chen and Dennis Wichelns 7. Co-production with Citizens: Demarcating the Mode of Collaboration by Looking ‘from outside in’ William Voorberg and Ingmar Van Meerkerk 8. Certification: Implementation Challenges in Private-social Partnerships Joanna Vince Part III Governance of Collaboration: Pathways and Potential Pitfalls 9. Top-down versus Bottom-up Pathways to Collaboration Between Governments and Citizens: Reflecting on Different Participation Traps Ingmar van Meerkerk 10. Problems of Bottom-up Collaboration: Evolutionary Pathways and Capacity Challenges of NSMD Governance Institutions Benjamin Cashore 11. Outcome-based Commissioning: Four Pathways to Achieving Public Value Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler 12. Problems of Captured Collaboration: From Political to Politicized Metagovernance Anka Kekez and Andrija Henjak Part IV Conclusion: Bolstering the Governance Capacities for Collaborative Public Service Delivery 13. The Need to Design Collaboration: Improving the Effectiveness of Commissioning with Design Thinking Michael Mintrom and Madeline Thomas 14. General Theory for Managing Contracts in Public Service Delivery: Towards Collaborative Contractual Frameworks Isha Dayal 15. Coping with the Implementation Challenge: Decision-making Strategies and their Implications for Collaborative Governance Lihi Lahat and Neta Sher-Hadar Index

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Book SynopsisHolistic in approach, this Handbook’s international range of leading scholars present complementary perspectives, both theoretical and empirically pertinent, to explore recent developments in the field of local and regional governance.With a fresh outlook on the field, this Handbook builds significantly upon the existing literature to clarify the scope of the discipline, as well as providing tools, information, and research questions to better understand and further explore the field. Chapters provide theoretical and empirical context to current debates on local and regional governance and offer competing analytical lenses for studying the field. Topics explored include the intersecting roles, limits, opportunities, and influence of actors, democracy, place, scale, and networks, with examinations of social cohesion, intermunicipal decentralization, and emerging technologies. Particularly close attention is paid to relationships, as the Handbook introduces to the analysis the ways that actors, tiers of government, institutions and multiple jurisdictions exchange resources, coordinate action and produce decisions with collective impact in local and regional governance.Interdisciplinary and international in scope, this Handbook will be an invigorating read for students and scholars looking to better understand contemporary policy, politics and subnational governance at local and regional levels.Trade Review'The Handbook on Local and Regional Governance brings together a timely and much-needed collection of essays on a myriad set of issues that synthesizes enduring questions and challenges in governing subnational systems. A leading scholar of local governance, Filipe Teles has assembled a compelling volume that is theoretically rigorous and empirically rich in its depth and breadth of contributions from around the world. Scholars and practitioners will benefit from these insightful conversations and reflections on the future of local and regional governance.' -- Thomas J. Vicino, Northeastern University, US'The Handbook on Local and Regional Governance is probably the most comprehensive publication on governance issues to date. With a coverage of governance problems from meta-governance to citizen participation in cross-boundary policy networks, from those of digital era governance to ethical challenges of fragmented decision-making systems, the Handbook offers fresh perspectives on and analytical tools for better understanding of the issues involved. The contributions will set new directions for teaching as well as future research on the subject in the years to come.’ -- Harald Baldersheim, University of Oslo, Norway‘With this book, Teles and colleagues have raised the study of local governance to a new level. This is a comprehensive synthesis of work in the field and will map out future work for a considerable time in the future. This is essential reading for any scholar and student working in this field.’ -- Peter John, King's College London, UK‘The Handbook on Local and Regional Governance is a very welcome, comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge within a broad range of relevant areas in this field of research. I would recommend it to the professional researcher as well as to the undergraduate student.’ -- Anders Lidström, Professor Emeritus, Umeå University, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: local and regional governance – a negotiated arena 1 Filipe Teles PART I CONTEXT 2 Governance and metagovernance failure: exploring their spatial dimensions 13 Bob Jessop 3 Effective local governance 27 Geert Bouckaert 4 The right to local self-government 40 Warren Magnusson 5 Trust and local government: a positive relationship? 50 Gerry Stoker, Hannah Bunting and Lawrence McKay 6 Decentralisation and autonomy: a picture of big differences 66 Andreas Ladner and Nicolas Keuffer PART II ACTORS 7 Local citizenship 85 Hubert Heinelt 8 Ties that bind? Mapping and explaining the network activities of European mayors 96 Bas Denters and Kristof Steyvers 9 Councillors as local representatives: council, community, centralisation and complexity 115 Colin Copus 10 Gender and representation in local politics 129 Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir PART III DEMOCRACY 11 Local elections and voting: grasping vertical integration and horizontal variation 147 Adam Gendźwiłł, Ulrik Kjaer and Kristof Steyvers 12 Tracing developments in regional electoral democracy: the impact of regional authority, regional identity, and regional electoral systems on the regional vote 164 Arjan H. Schakel and Alexander Verdoes 13 Limits and challenges of citizen participation 184 Giovanni Allegretti and Massimo Allulli 14 Online participation 203 Norbert Kersting 15 Revisiting the local integrity system concept and theory 219 Luís de Sousa and Luís Filipe Mota Almeida PART IV PLACE 16 Political leadership: when place makes a difference 236 Robin Hambleton 17 Policy making at the local level 255 Catherine Durose, Beth Perry and Liz Richardson 18 Poverty and social cohesion in metropolitan areas 269 Jonathan Pratschke and Enrica Morlicchio 19 A new debate on local governance from the lenses of Earth System science 284 Sara Moreno Pires and Filipe Teles 20 Land-use management: local institutions and the power to shape 299 António F. Tavares PART V SCALE 21 Comparing local government systems and reforms in Europe: from New Public Management to digital era governance? 315 Sabine Kuhlmann and Justine Marienfeldt 22 Governance in contemporary metropolises: quo vadis the state? 332 Marisol García and Frank Moulaert 23 Metropolitan governance and policy challenges 349 Karsten Zimmermann 24 Regional governance and institutional collective action 364 Richard Clark Feiock 25 Intra-municipal decentralization: going below traditional tiers of government 377 Eduardo José Grin, José Hernández-Bonivento and Fernando Luiz Abrucio PART VI NETWORKS 26 Intermunicipal cooperation: an assessment of drivers and effects 395 Germà Bel and Marianna Sebő 27 Multi-level governance and democracy: a local governance perspective 409 Tiziana Caponio 28 Corporatization at the local level 423 Rhys Andrews 29 Performance management and accountability: the role of intergovernmental information systems 439 Jostein Askim and Åge Johnsen 30 Emerging technologies and the future of local e-governance 455 Gonçalo Paiva Dias PART VII THE DISCIPLINE(S) 31 Utopian experimentalism to learn about social transformation at a local and regional level 468 Daniel Silver 32 Teaching local and regional governance 482 Alistair Jones 33 Geographies of knowledge: centres and peripheries of local government studies in Europe 492 Paweł Swianiewicz Index

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Book SynopsisThe thoroughly revised and updated Handbook on Theories of Governance brings together leading scholars in the field to summarise and assess the diversity of governance theories. The Handbook advances a deeper theoretical understanding of governance processes, illuminating the interdisciplinary foundations of the field.Chapters review key concepts and ideas that form the backbone of modern governance studies, offering vital insights into how this contributes to the development of social science research. The comprehensively updated second edition provides new insights on governance in the contemporary political landscape of global authoritarian populism, emergent progressive movements and the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. Delivering a foundational conceptual toolkit for research, this Handbook reveals the diversity of contemporary governing practices as changing political dynamics lay the groundwork for the next generation of theories of governance.Sketching a comprehensive map for governance research, this Handbook is a crucial resource for scholars and researchers of governance, as well as those in political science, public policy and public management in need of a solid understanding of core governance theories. It also offers policymakers and practitioners an agenda for navigating the future of governance in a rapidly changing global political order.Trade Review‘Pity the poor doctoral student who propose to tackle theories of governance. Confronted by many competing theories from multiple disciplines, which way to turn? Once hapless, now help is to hand. Ansell and Torfing provide an authoritative, comprehensive source. They cannot reconcile all the theoretical and disciplinary differences, but they can and do provide a systematic overview of the field. All can now reflect upon this current blessing not their previous misfortune.’ -- Roderick Rhodes, University of Southampton, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface xii Acknowledgements xvii 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Theories of Governance 1 Christopher Ansell and Jacob Torfing PART I THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF GOVERNANCE 2 Collective action theory 18 Robert Holahan and Mark Lubell 3 Organization theory 28 Morten Egeberg, Åse Gornitzka and Jarle Trondal 4 Public management theory 42 Zoe Radnor, Stephen Osborne and Russ Glennon 5 Planning theory 56 Thomas Hartmann and Stan Geertman 6 Policy process frameworks 66 Saba Siddiki 7 State theory 77 Bob Jessop 8 Democratic theory 89 Andreas Klinke 9 Public law and regulatory theory 104 Shauhin Talesh 10 Development theory 118 Jennifer N. Brass 11 International relations theory 129 Kerstin Sahlin PART II BASIC THEORETICAL CONCEPTS 12 Heterarchy 140 Karen Stephenson 13 Network 149 Patrick Kenis 14 Public participation 158 Kathryn S. Quick and John M. Bryson 15 Representation 169 Lucy Taylor 16 Deliberation 178 Per Ola Öberg 17 Power 187 Mark Haugaard 18 Legitimacy 196 Sylvia I. Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen 19 Trust 205 Bart Nooteboom 20 Accountability 215 Yannis Papadopoulos 21 Transparency 226 Jenny de Fine Licht and Daniel Naurin 22 Evidence 234 Paul Cairney 23 Learning 244 Tanya Heikkila and Andrea K. Gerlak 24 Innovation 254 Jean Hartley and Jacob Torfing 25 Risk 264 Ortwin Renn and Andreas Klinke 26 Steering 278 Renate Mayntz 27 Soft and hard governing tools 285 Paula Blomqvist PART III THEORETICAL MODES OF ANALYSIS 28 Information-based governance 298 Graham Bullock 29 Discourse theory 309 Steven Griggs and David Howarth 30 Institutional theory 323 B. Guy Peters 31 Public choice theory 336 Lina Ericksson 32 The Advocacy Coalition Framework 353 Jonathan J. Pierce and Alex Osei-Kojo 33 Economic theory 365 Klaus Nielsen 34 Governmentality 378 Peter Triantafillou 35 Complexity theory and systems analysis 389 Christopher Koliba, Lasse Gerrits, Mary Lee Rhodes and Jack W. Meek 36 Narrative and interpretative theory 407 Nick Turnbull 37 Pragmatism 419 Christopher Ansell 38 Normative considerations of interactive governance: effectiveness, efficiency, legitimacy and innovation 429 Jurian Edelenbos and Ingmar van Meerkerk PART IV FORMS OF GOVERNANCE 39 Co-production: theoretical roots and conceptual frameworks 446 Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler 40 Democratic network governance 462 Eva Sørensen 41 Regulatory governance 472 John Yasuda 42 Network governance 485 Robyn Keast 43 Collaborative governance 497 Alison Gash 44 Private governance 510 Marija Isailovic and Philipp Pattberg 45 Urban and regional governance 519 Jon Pierre 46 Multi-level governance 528 Ian Bache, Ian Bartle and Matt Flinders 47 EU and supranational governance 540 Diana Panke and Miguel Haubrich-Seco 48 Transnational economic governance 555 Walter Mattli and Jack Seddon 49 Metagovernance 567 Jacob Torfing 50 Adaptive governance 580 Toddi Steelman 51 Experimentalist governance 592 Bernardo Rangoni 52 Epilogue: the current status and future development of governance theories 604 Christopher Ansell and Jacob Torfing Index

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Book SynopsisExploring academic and policy thinking on e-participation, this book opens up the organizational and institutional 'black box' and provides new insights into how public administrations in 15 European states have facilitated its implementation. Using multiple case studies, the book offers a systematic analysis of how e-participation initiatives are actually organized and administered within the government, as well as how the political context and collaborative partnerships both within the government and with non-governmental actors affect the adoption and institutionalization of e-participation platforms. Contributors provide new empirical evidence on some of the most pressing questions related to the organization and management of e-participation, aiming to provide better understanding of citizen participation platforms. Providing comparative knowledge on the institutional, administrative and organizational aspects of e-participation, this book will be an ideal read for public policy researchers and government practitioners interested in innovation and technology in public administration.Trade Review‘In this book two key societal trends merge, making this book an important and inspiring one. On the one hand we see that since the emergence of the internet, new technological practices have emerged that enable political and public participation. On the other hand we see, all over Europe, that the legitimacy of democracy is under pressure, and that the role of representative politics in society is being questioned. Does the merger of these two trends create innovative e-participatory practices? By gathering and analysing practices of many countries, an interesting outlook is presented of relevant critical factors. This not only helps to fuel the academic debate concerning e-democracy, but also helps to shape the public debate.’ -- ­– Victor Bekkers, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands‘This impressive collection of 15 European e-participation initiatives spans nations and levels of government, demonstrating how widespread and creative these new forms of participation have become. This volume breaks new ground with insightful analysis on whether or how these innovations matter for genuine participation and empowerment of citizens.’ -- Karen Mossberger, Arizona State University, US‘This timely book draws on cross-national data on e-participation. It addresses the non-technical part and focuses on the supply side and the role of public administration. The book avoids the normative bias and offers coherent case studies of how e-participation initiatives play out in practice on national and local level in 15 European countries. A main finding is that e-participation is affected by organizational design, participatory processes, and management. It is a major accomplishment and a must read for digitalization practitioners, scholars, and students alike.’ -- Per Lægreid, University of Bergen, NorwayTable of ContentsContents: 1 Engaging citizens in policy making: The potential and challenges of e-participation 1 Veiko Lember, Tiina Randma-Liiv and Kadi Maria Vooglaid 2 Framework for analysis of the management and organization of e-participation initiatives 11 Tiina Randma-Liiv, Kadi Maria Vooglaid and Veiko Lember PART I E-PARTICIPATION INITIATIVES ON NATIONAL LEVEL 3 We asked, you said, we did: Assessing the drivers and effectiveness of an e-participation practice in Scotland 26 Benedetta Bellò and James Downe 4 Parlement & Citoyens in France: An e-participation platform connecting legislators and citizens for collaborative policy design 40 Samuel Defacqz and Claire Dupuy 5 (e-)Participation and propaganda: The mix of old and new technology in Hungarian national consultations 56 Sara Svensson, Andras Molnar and Agnes Batory 6 Enhancing law-making efficiency, public value or both: Case study of e-participation platform in Slovakia 71 Matúš Sloboda, Katarina Staroňová and Alexandra Poláková Suchalová 7 Participatory law-making in the digital age: The case of the e-public consultation platform in Croatia 91 Petra Đurman, Anamarija Musa and Ivan Koprić 8 The Estonian Citizens’ Initiative Portal: Drivers and barriers of institutionalized e-participation 104 Kadi Maria Vooglaid and Tiina Randma-Liiv 9 From online participation to policy making: Exploring the success behind Latvian legislative crowdsourcing platform MyVoice 120 Visvaldis Valtenbergs 10 Public online consultation in Lithuania: A political declaration or the real empowerment of citizens? 136 Rasa Bortkevičiūtė and Vitalis Nakrošis PART II E-PARTICIPATION INITIATIVES ON LOCAL LEVEL 11 Decide Madrid: A Spanish best practice on e-participation 152 Vicente Pina, Lourdes Torres, Sonia Royo and Jaime Garcia-Rayado 12 The pursuit of legitimacy as a learning process: A case of local e-participation in Sweden 166 Alina Ostling 13 Citizens’ engagement in policy making: Insights from an e-participation platform in Leuven, Belgium 180 A. Paula Rodriguez Müller 14 The implementation of e-participation platforms in Ireland: The case of OpenConsult 196 Bernadette Connaughton 15 How organizational factors shape e-participation: Lessons from the German one-stop participation portal meinBerlin 209 Andree Pruin 16 e-Participation in Austria: Digital Agenda Vienna 225 Noella Edelmann and Bettina Höchtl 17 Connecting participation and e-participation: The use of ICT in the participatory initiatives of Brno 244 David Špaček 18 Management and organization of e-participation: Synthesis from 15 European initiatives 260 Tiina Randma-Liiv and Veiko Lember Index 280

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Book SynopsisBringing together transnational perspectives on urban narration, this innovative book analyses how a combination of tales, images and discourses are used to brand, market and (re-)make cities, focusing on the actors behind this and the conflicts of power that arise in defining and governing city futures.Reflecting theoretically on the role of storytelling in urban contexts, an international range of leading scholars analyse how the re-making of cities is governed. Undertaking detailed empirical case studies across France, Hong Kong, the UK and the US, chapters provide comparative perspectives on a broad range of urban narratives, including alternative narratives within and across cities. Cases examined include the smart city of Hong Kong, the multi-city economy of England’s Northern Powerhouse, and resistance and resilience in Lyon and Pittsburgh. Ultimately, this insightful book underlines the importance of urban narratives in the government and governance of cities.With global scope, this book will prove a valuable resource for students and scholars of urban affairs, politics, geography and public administration who are interested in narrative approaches, alongside various stakeholders and policy makers working in city governance.Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the role of urban narratives: governing the (re)making of cities 1 Alistair Cole, Aisling Healy and Christelle Morel Journel 2 Confronting the Pittsburgh narrative: renaissance, renewal and the tension of authenticity 17 Sabina Deitrick and Michael R. Glass 3 Saint-Étienne: from the modest to the creative city or the ongoing search for a convincing urban narrative 31 Christelle Morel Journel and Georges Gay 4 Rescaling urban entrepreneurialism: England’s Northern Powerhouse as a multi-city economic narrative 48 Danny MacKinnon 5 ‘Braddock America’: building a narrative on a mayor’s charisma 64 Christelle Morel Journel and Aisling Healy 6 Socio-genesis of a private government: Greater Lyon’s narrative of the ‘metropolitan governance’ of economic development policies 82 Aisling Healy 7 The ‘Smart City’ between urban narrative and empty signifier: the case of Hong Kong 100 Alistair Cole, Calvin Lai Ming Tsun, Dionysios Stivas and Emilie Tran 8 “Witness to history”: narratives of resistance and resilience in Lyon and Pittsburgh 123 Dan Holland References 137 Index

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Book SynopsisThis authoritative Dictionary provides comprehensive definitions of key terms in public policy. Unpacking the increasingly complex and diffusive world of public policy, it offers an exhaustive definitional guide to the terminology utilised by contemporary policy scholars.Prepared by a team of expert scholars, entries summarise the social, political and economic contexts of fundamental public policy vocabulary and dissect its usage in modern scholarship. Entries are meticulously cross-referenced to guarantee accessibility and illuminate a broad yet detailed understanding of topics. Providing recommendations for further reading, it features 330 carefully defined entries to aid researchers investigating both novel and historical approaches to public policy.Assembling a broad overview of the discipline, this Dictionary is a useful reference book for students at all levels and early-career researchers. It will also benefit policy practitioners looking for a superior understanding of the crucial vocabulary that governs their field.Trade Review‘The Dictionary of Public Policy captures the length, breadth, and depth of the burgeoning discipline of public policy. It is a requisite tool for researchers and practitioners alike. It is authoritative, exhaustive, concise, and illuminating, as it translates the complexity of public policy into pithy entries with useful links to further reading. The Dictionary offers both a quick reference point for its readers, and the opportunity for deep perusal. Readers will emerge policy enriched from the experience. It is a path-breaking contribution from distinguished researchers whose efforts continue to build, expand, and now define an exciting area of scholarship and practice. It is quite simply an exciting, “must have” resource.’ -- Kate Crowley, University of Tasmania, Australia

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Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking book investigates the work of policy professionals. They consist of political actors who, although not elected to office, are nonetheless employed to affect policy and politics on a partisan basis. Through an analysis of the influence and power they wield, this book sheds light on how the growth of this group represents a major transformation of the organization of politics and policy making in advanced democracies. Taking a comparative, longitudinal perspective, Stefan Svallfors examines a combination of rich qualitative and quantitative data from countries such as Sweden, the Netherlands, Ireland and Latvia in order to explore what skills policy professionals deploy, the motivations that drive them, and the demand and use for their skills in various organizations. He links his analysis to fundamental questions about the current state and future of democracy, demonstrating that the work of policy professionals is key to understanding how contemporary political influence and democratic accountability function. Politics for Hire will be a stimulating read for scholars and advanced students in political science, public administration, public policy and sociology. It will also provide useful insights for those working in politics and governance seeking to understand the impact and influence of policy professionals.Trade Review‘Politics for Hire. The World and Work of Policy Professionals makes a welcome contribution to an underexplored subject of research. In his book, Stefan Svallfors applies a truly comparative lens to approach the subject and he uses a variety of resources to offer us a rich understanding of an invisible yet very intriguing world.’ -- Ellen Fobé, der moderne staat’Unelected political professionals loom increasingly large in European governance. But what do these professionals do, how do they do it, and what difference does it make? In a single study, Stefan Svallfors recasts our understanding of this sorely neglected issue, bringing the ‘’shadow government’’ of complex democratic societies back to the center of focus and debate. A masterful book.’- Jacob S. Hacker, Yale University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. The new unelected 2. A research field in the making 3. Glocal political action: generic skills, local application 4. Power without responsibility 5. The peculiar market for political skills (with Niels Selling) 6. Lobbying for profits: the Swedish case (with Anna Tyllström) 7. Policy professionals and the future of democracy Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. In order to be successful, public administration (PA) research has to be methodologically promiscuous. Attempting either quantitative or qualitative purity is no way to reflect the complex realities of public administration in the real world. Looking to the future of the subject, this Research Handbook seeks to suggest the future of PA research, and the directions which it may - or should - take. With chapters from leading researchers, A Research Agenda for Public Administration offers observations, analysis, and concerns from researchers. With thematically linked chapters, this book focuses and clarifies the current research agenda for public administration while endorsing the need for relevant research in the field, and advocating for theory which fits the reality and practice of public administration, for example, in the areas of climate change, disease control, and migration and inequality. This Research Agenda will assist students of PA as well as of public sector management, especially postgraduates, but it is also a useful resource for more established researchers seeking to understand the major emerging issues.Contributors include: T. Brandsen, G. Brewer, W. Dreschsler, P. Dunleavy, C.A. Dunlop, M. Evans, M. Halupka, S. Kuhlman, T.R. Liiv, A. Massey, C. McGregor, K. Pan-Suk, C. Pollitt, C.M. Radaelli, T. Randma-Liiv, R. Rhodes, K. Sarapuu, T. Steen, B. Verschuere, D. Walker, L. ZhiyongTrade Review‘Graduate students would find inspiration in this book, as well as senior researchers interested in the topics and/or grappling with the relationship between academic public administration and the practice of governance and public management.’ -- Petra Svensson, International Review of Public Policy‘The book offers an appealing mix of subject and method; while some chapters stand out in their clarity and unique approach to problems, the book as a whole is a worthwhile journey through the current thinking about PA research and where it is headed. It will be of principle interest to those engaged in such research, and most immediately, those that are looking for ideas about how to make immediate and strong impact, not just in academic circles but on practice, and thus on the future of our field.’ -- Christopher Atkinson, International Journal of Public Administration'This surprising book does not just present a research agenda. Leading public administration scholars ask important questions about the relevance of the field: why are we doing this? And they're not afraid of slaughtering a herd of sacred cows on the road to relevance.' --Steven Van de Walle, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute, Belgium'Andrew Massey has assembled an all-star cast of mostly European public administration scholars to develop, as the title suggests, a research agenda for the field of public administration. Most assuredly the book does that, and does it exceedingly well, as current research approaches are examined from many perspectives, both critically and analytically. What is most intriguing however is whether Massey intentionally set out to do what this book so ably does and that is to demonstrate that the most substantively interesting scholarship in the field is now being done on the European side of the Atlantic Ocean. This book is a must read for scholars on both sides of the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.' --Allan Rosenbaum, Florida International University, United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration and International Commission on the Accreditation of Public Administration Education and Training Programs - IASIA, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. A Research Agenda for Public Administration and Public Sector Management Andrew Massey 2. Public Administration: the interpretive turn, and storytelling R.A.W Rhodes 3. Shadowland: the poorly-mapped, under-discussed yet vital interface between public administration research and practice Christopher Pollitt 4. To what extent can we frame questions that deliver useful answers for policymakers and practitioners? David Walker 5. Public Administration into the wild: grappling with co-production and social innovation Trui Steen, Taco Brandsen and Bram Verschure 6. Bracing for impact: is public administration ready to be relevant? Claire A. Dunlop 7. Regulation and Corruption: claims, evidence and explanations Claire A. Dunlop and Claudio M. Radaelli 8.Developments of modern public administration in East Asia: similarities and dissimilarities among China, Japan and South Korea Kim Pan-Suk 9. A research agenda for public administration in China in the ‘Xi New Era’ Lan Zhiyong 10. Towards digital era governance: lessons from the Australian experience Mark Evans, Patrick Dunleavy, Carmel McGregor and Max Halupka 11. Public governance in small states: from paradoxes to research agenda Tiina Randma-Liiv and Külli Sarape 12. Comparative public administration and administrative reforms Sabine Kuhlman 13. Public service motivation: overcoming major obstacles to research progress Gene A. Brewer 14. After public administration scholarship Wolfgang Drechsler Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Encyclopedia is an essential reference text for students, scholars and practitioners in public management. Offering a broad and inter-cultural perspective on public management as a field of practice and science, it covers all the most relevant and contemporary terms and concepts.Organised into six thematic sections for ease of reference, the Encyclopedia comprises 78 entries written by nearly 100 leading international scholars. Entries provide a concise and accessible overview of key ideas as well as highlighting current issues and emerging areas of study.This Encyclopedia will be an important resource for students and scholars of public management as a starting point for research. It will also be useful for practitioners looking for a deeper understanding in their everyday work, as well as explanations of terms used by consultants and scholars.Key Features: Over 70 entries Accessible explanations of key concepts Cross-referenced to facilitate further reading Organised into thematic sections for ease of reference Trade Review‘In the dense landscape of reference works, this is the real thing. It brings together great scholars, offers a fascinating tour of the classics, and connects with today’s problems. It shows how far the field of public management has progressed, delivering relevant insights for public executives seeking to create public value.’ -- Arjen Boin, Leiden University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents List of contributors viii Preface xi PART I Public Management Foundations 1. Bureaucracy 2 Edward C. Page 2 2. Historical Roots of Public Administration: Development of the Interaction between Political and Administrative Officeholders 7 Jos C. N. Raadschelders 3. Integrity 11 Adam Masters 4. New Public Management 16 Kuno Schedler 5. Organization Theory and Public Management 21 Renate E. Meyer and Susanne Boch Waldorff 6. Philosophy for and of Public Administration and Management 27 Edoardo Ongaro 7. Political Organizations and Public Management – An Institutional Approach 32 Per Lægreid 8. Public Management as a Design- Oriented Professional Discipline 37 Michael Barzelay 9. Public Management: The Rise, Progress and Future of a Dynamic Research Field 43 Eran Vigoda-Gadot 10. Travel of Ideas in Public Management 49 Kuno Schedler and Simon Grand PART II Public Management in Regions 11. Africa – Public Management Concepts and Developments 55 Lukamba Muhiya Tshombe, Thekiso Molokwane and Alex Nduhura 12. Asia-Pacific – Public Management Concepts and Developments 60 Faisal Ali Baig, Gambhir Bhatta and Clay Wescott 13. Europe – Public Management Concepts and Developments 65 Christoph Demmke 14. Integrated Public Management: A Perspective from the People’s Republic of China 71 Hon S. Chan 15. Latin America – Public Management Concepts and Developments 76 Marcelo Marchesini da Costa and Bruno Varella Miranda 16. Russia – Public Management Concepts and Developments 81 Alexander Kotchegura 17. US – Public Management Concepts and Developments 86 Mordecai Lee PART III Public Management in Policy Fields 18. Courts and Public Management 93 Tomas Aquino Guimaraes, Edson Ronaldo Guarido Filho and Adalmir Oliveira Gomes 19. Policing and Public Management 99 Silvia Staubli and Daniel Fink 20. Prisons and Public Management 103 Daniel Fink and Silvia Staubli 21. Public Management and Education Governance 108 Annelise Voisin 22. Public Management in Health Care: With Examples from the English NHS 112 Ewan Ferlie 23. Public Management in International Governmental Organizations 117 Valentina Mele 24 Social Enterprises 121 Karin Kreutzer 25. Universities and Higher Education Management in the Digital Age 124 Felix C. Seyfarth PART IV Public Management and Public Managers 26. Accountability and Responsibility of Public Managers 131 Raphaël Zumofen, Vincent Mabillard and Greg Porumbescu 27. City Management and City Managers 136 James H. Svara 28. Collegiality in Public Management 141 Emmanuel Lazega 29. Competence Management and Development 146 Peter Kruyen and Jessica Breaugh 30. Politician–Bureaucrat Relations 150 Tobias Bach and Kai Wegrich 31. Professionalism in Public Management 155 Mirko Noordegraaf 32. Public Management – Education and Training 161 Christoph Reichard 33. Public Personnel Management 166 Guillem Ripoll and Adrian Ritz 34. Public Service Motivation 172 James L. Perry and Adrian Ritz 35. Role-Perception of Public Managers 176 Aline Tannò 36. The Public Administration–Politics Dichotomy 181 Joseph Stull, Sarah L. Young, Elizabeth A. M. Searing and Kimberly K. Wiley PART V Public Management Areas 37. ‘Tools’ in Public Management: How Efficiency and Effectiveness are Thought to be Controlled 186 Isabella Proeller and John Siegel 38. Behavioral Strategies in Public Management: Nudges Versus Incentives 191 Pedro Rey-Biel 39. Budgeting and Budget Types 196 Riccardo Mussari 40. Change Management in Government 201 Joris van der Voet 41. Citizen Satisfaction in the Public Sector 205 Soojin Kim and Minjung Kim 42. Communication in Public Management 208 J. Suzanne Horsley 43. Corruption in Public Management 212 Giulia Mugellini and Nora Markwalder 44. Crisis Management in Government 217 Sanneke Kuipers 45. Digital Government 222 Ali Asker Guenduez 46. Entrepreneurship in Public Management 229 Luc Bernier 47. Governmental Accounting 234 Ileana Steccolini 48. Information Use in Public Management 239 Jostein Askim 49. Innovation in the Public Sector 243 Hanna de Vries 50. Innovative Financing Schemes in Public Management 247 Andreas Klasen 51. Non-Financial Information and Public Management 253 James Guthrie and Ann Martin-Sardesai 52. Open Innovations in Government 257 Taha Hameduddin 53. Outcomes-driven Public Management 262 Carolyn J. Heinrich 54. Performance Management in Public Administration 267 Roula Masou 55 Power in Public Management 272 Andrew Massey 56. Public Management Consulting: “Consultocracy” or Management Aid? 277 Michael Howlett 57. Public Management Reform 283 John Halligan 58. Public Procurement 288 Elvira Uyarra and Oishee Kundu 59. Public Value in Public Management 292 Timo Meynhardt 60. Strategic Management in National Government 297 Evan Berman and Eko Prasojo 61. Strategic Management in Public Administration 302 Isabella Proeller and John Siegel 62. Street-level Bureaucracy 307 Peter Hupe 63. Values in Public Management 314 Elio Borgonovi 64. Whistleblowing 319 Cecilia Florencia Lavena PART VI Public Management and Governance Issues 65. Corporate Governance and Hybridity of State-owned Enterprises 325 Giuseppe Grossi 66. Ecosystems in a Government Context 330 Tamyko Ysa, Kuno Schedler and Pau Conill Cristòfol 67. Interagency Collaboration 335 Chesney Callens and Koen Verhoest 68. Managerialism 340 Thomas Klikauer and Aline Tannò 69. Network Industries 346 Matthias Finger 70. Platforms for Public Value Creation 351 Francesca Casalini 71. Public Governance and Public Management 355 Kurt Klaudi Klausen 72. Public Private Partnership for Sustainable Development 360 Veronica Vecchi 73. Public Service Markets 365 Janine O’Flynn 74. Public–Private Partnerships 370 Carsten Greve and Graeme Hodge 75. Rationalities in Public Management 374 Kuno Schedler 76. Rechtsstaat and Rule of Law 378 Patricia Egli 77. Social Innovation 384 Katharine McGowan 78. Sustainability in the Public Sector 388 Niccolò Cusumano and Veronica Vecchi Index 393

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Book SynopsisCompiling the experience and expertise of over 50 leading international scholars, this Handbook of Teaching Public Administration provides critical insights into the questions, issues, and challenges raised by teaching practitioners and aspiring professionals. Its global scope ensures a comprehensive overview of the diversity of current practice in teaching public administration. Featuring international examples of curriculum design and practice, the Handbook positions public administration against a backdrop shaped by global politics, history, philosophy, and social change. Applied case studies on teaching public administration and in-depth analyses of critical pedagogical concepts illuminate the diverse and multidisciplinary approaches to public administration across the globe, as well as emphasising the widely contested nature of its teaching. Contributions from field professionals explore questions of accreditation, curriculum design, assessment, innovation, and practice, ultimately serving to inform and inspire readers’ pedagogical decisions. Theoretical, empirical, and practice-focused, this incisive Handbook will be an essential resource for public administration students, educators, and practitioners at any stage in their study or career. It will also serve as an engaging reference text for public administration accreditation and approvals organisations.Trade Review‘In this insightful collection, more than fifty international scholars reflect on Public Administration traditions and their connections with PA teaching, explore relationships between research, theory, pedagogic scholarship, and practice, and offer a rich and diversified set of case studies. A must-read for PA researchers and practitioners worldwide!’ -- Alketa Peci, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil‘This Handbook not only brings to the fore the importance of a Higher Education public administration curriculum from a multi-continental perspective, but it also highlights the necessity of a curriculum that incorporates both an academic and practitioner perspective that takes into consideration diverse pedagogical approaches to the teaching of public administration. These approaches are central to imparting, sharing and developing knowledge of public administration that prepares and enables current and future public servants who are fit for purpose in times of wicked and disruptive problems, and who display attributes of empathy, flexibility and responsiveness, much needed in this time of the pandemic and beyond.’ -- Michelle Esau, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape, South AfricaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xx Mary E. Guy and Sofiane Sahraoui Preface xxv Karin A. Bottom, John Diamond, Pamela T. Dunning, and Ian C. Elliott Acknowledgements xxvi 1 Making the case for research informed practice and situated pedagogy 1 Karin A. Bottom, John Diamond, Pamela T. Dunning, and Ian C. Elliott PART I STATE OF THE DISCIPLINE 2 A global perspective on public administration? The dynamics shaping the field and what it means for teaching and learning 13 Janine O’Flynn 3 The fourfold nature of public administration as science, art, profession, and humanism: implications for teaching 26 Edoardo Ongaro 4 A historical and global perspective on teaching and learning public administration: how to govern and what to do when governing 35 Jos C.N. Raadschelders PART II NATION-BASED TRADITIONS 5 Public administration education in Central and Eastern Europe 45 György Gajduschek and György Hajnal 6 History of public administration education in the United States 57 Bruce D. McDonald III, William Hatcher, and Michaela E. Abbott 7 Teaching public administration in Europe 65 Eckhard Schröter and Christoph Reichard 8 British public administration: the status of the taught discipline 75 Karin A. Bottom, Ian C. Elliott, and Francisco Moller 9 Public affairs education in Latin America and the shape of the state: the cases of Brazil, Chile, and Colombia 86 Ricardo Corrêa Gomes, Pablo Sanabria-Pulido, Cristian Pliscoff, and Marco Antonio Carvalho Teixeira 10 Splintered voices: Australian/New Zealand traditions of teaching public administration 98 Amanda Smullen and Catherine S. Clutton 11 Public administration teaching and scholarships within Indonesian administrative system developments 109 Eko Prasojo and Desy Hariyati 12 Administrative education, training, and capacity building: the role of the Indian Institute of Public Administration 117 Aroon P. Manoharan and Nandhini Rangarajan 13 The teaching of public administration in Africa 127 Robert Mudida PART III PEDAGOGY AND LEARNING 14 Real-world ethical experiential practice-based action learning for the ‘new normal’ 139 Josephine Bleach 15 Planning for a midcareer MPA program: pedagogical and strategic considerations 148 Kevin P. Kearns and Lorna R. Kearns 16 Executive education and leadership development: round peg, square hole? 157 Catherine Mangan and Christopher Pietroni 17 Continuing professional learning 168 Peter K. Marks 18 The challenges of developing reflective practice in public administration: a teaching perspective 178 Monika Knassmüller 19 Inquiry-based learning and the crisis competences for addressing the climate emergency 188 John Connolly and Alice Moseley 20 Teaching with experiments 198 Claire A. Dunlop PART IV CONTESTED CONCEPTS 21 Accreditation in public administration education 210 Taco Brandsen 22 Democracy, governance, and participation: epistemic colonialism in public administration and management courses 218 Abena Dadze-Arthur 23 Preparing graduates to address big global issues: is accreditation helping or hindering? 227 Nadia Rubaii 24 Teaching research methods in public administration: on the way to normal science? 236 Sandra van Thiel 25 Using service learning in public administration programs: best practices and challenges 244 Mark T. Imperial and Christopher R. Prentice PART V TEACHING CASE STUDIES 26 Using pop culture to teach public ethics: the case of Parks and Recreation 254 Erin L. Borry 27 Teaching public administration with visual methods 263 Ian Robson 28 Collective learning from and with social movements 273 Eurig Scandrett 29 Show me the money: financial management curricular concerns in public administration education 282 Thad D. Calabrese and Daniel L. Smith 30 Teaching leadership in public administration: an integrative approach 290 Barbara C. Crosby 31 Let’s talk about race: considerations for course design in public administration 300 Dayo Eseonu 32 Applying queer theory to public administration: reimaging police officer recruitment 309 Roddrick A. Colvin and Seth J. Meyer 33 Gamification: using the escape room for teaching public administration 319 Janez Stare, Maja Klun, and Jernej Buzeti 34 Teaching dilemmas with street-level bureaucracy 327 Mike Rowe Index 334

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