Description
Book SynopsisThis major
Handbook provides a state-of-the-art study of the recent history and future development of international public management reform.
Through a careful cross-country analysis spanning the last three decades this timely volume critically evaluates whether countries are converging towards a single public management model. The book goes on to investigate unresolved issues surrounding leadership, e-government, accountability and computer systems failure currently facing reformers. Shaun Goldfinch and Joe Wallis have brought together a number of eminent scholars from across Europe, Asia, North America and Australasia to explore the role of economic ideas, human resources and the state of public management reform in twelve countries.
Providing a broad global overview of public management and facilitating a greater understanding of the difficult issue of reform, this book will find widespread appeal amongst academics and postgraduate students of public administration as well as practitioners in the field.
Trade Review'This volume presents a compelling package for anyone interested in public sector reform. It effectively combines a wide range of well-researched reviews of national experiences with state-of-the-art thematic chapters in key reform areas such as IT governance, public sector leadership and accountability. The result is a robust, insightful and sometimes sobering series of accounts of the promises and pitfalls of efforts to reform the institutions and practices of public governance around the world. A must-read.' -- Paul 't Hart, Australian National University
Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Shaun F. Goldfinch 2. The Influence of Economic Theories of Government Failure on Public Management Reform Brian Dollery 3. HRM in the Public Sector: Is It Enough? Marie-France Waxin and Robert Bateman 4. New Public Management and the Politics of Accountability Robert Gregory 5. Public Value-Seeking Leadership: Its Nature, Rationale and Development in the Context of Public Management Reform Joe L. Wallis and Linda McLoughlin 6. ‘E-Government’: Is it the Next Big Public Sector Trend? Robin Gauld 7. Dangerous Enthusiasms and Information Systems Development in the Public Sector Shaun F. Goldfinch 8. Public Management Reform in the United Kingdom: Great Leaps, Small Steps and Policies as Their Own Cause Kai Wegrich 9. New Zealand: Reforming a New Public Management Exemplar? Shaun F. Goldfinch 10. New Public Management in Australia Marian Simms 11. The Challenge of Renewing Governance in Canada Stephen Tomblin 12. The United States: The Political Context of Administrative Reform Bert A. Rockman and Thierno Thiam 13. French Administrative Reform: Change and Resistance Glynn Jones and Alistair Cole 14. Senior Civil Servants and Bureaucratic Change in Belgium Guido Dierickx 15. Dynamic Conservatism: The Rise and Evolution of Public Management Reforms in the Netherlands Mirko Noordegraaf 16. Danish Public Management Reform Before and After NPM Jørgen Christensen 17. Public Management Reform in Norway: Reluctance and Tensions Tom Christensen and Per Lægreid 18. Public Management Reform in Hong Kong Anthony B.L. Cheung 19. Public Sector Management Reform in Japan Kiyoshi Yamamoto 20. Conclusion: Is There a Common Thread? Joe L. Wallis Index
