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Book SynopsisIt is apparent why politicians and elected officials often support new managerial methods, observers wonder whether the promises of reform can be delivered upon to provide benefits depicted so attractively. Dialogue on this question is active among public management scholars. This book represents substantial elements of this dialogue.
Table of ContentsList of tables and figures. List of contributors. Foreword. Learning from Reform in Asia. Measuring governance in developing Asia (C.G. Wescott). New public management in Hong Kong: the long march toward reform (K. Au et al.). New public management in Taiwan: government reinvention (Yu-Ying Kuo). Coping with wicked problems: the case of Afghanistan (N. Roberts). Changing perspectives in the World Bank on Asia and other regions (D. Shand). Learning from Comparative and International Reform. Can nations save? Experiences with budget surpluses (P. Posner, B. Gordon). Leadership and management: roles and styles of local government CEO's (K.K. Klausen). Performance budgeting in Switzerland: implications for political control (K. Schedler). Constructing the image of accountability in Danish public sector reform (L. Jensen). Management control reform within a responsibility framework in the US and Italy (L.R. Jones, R. Mussari). Specifying outputs and outcomes: implications for resource allocation in Australia and the USA (R.G. Stewart). Revitalizing health-care systems with new public management in Quebec and Canada: a case against the classical approach (Y. Dufour, L. Lamothe). Learning from Public Management Reform: Critical Perspectives on New Public Management. Public choice theory and economic rationalism: the basis of new public management (A. Burton). Are Wildavsky guardians and spenders still relevant? New public management and the politics of government budgeting (J. Kelly, J. Wanna). Corruption and new public management (P. DeLeon, M. Green).
