Description
Book SynopsisShows how the effects of new forms of managerialism penetrate the state, local governments, welfare institutions as well as professional work and citizens rights. It facilitates a discussion about how basic values are put at stake with new reforms and managerial tools.
Trade Review"A fantastic introduction to governance that brings together the concepts of innovation, organizational change and inter/intra-organizational collaboration, while considering the role of citizens within the delivery of public services." Marc Esteve, University College London
"This is an insightful, mature textbook. Thanks to the international perspective adopted by the authors combined with the rootedness of the analysis and argumentation in the German sociology and the systemic management tradition, Public management in transition will make a much needed, original contribution to the current offering of textbooks in the area of public management." Martyna Sliwa University of Essex
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Keeping the future open; The impossibility of governing society; From bureaucracy to potentialization; Welfare organisations as infinite potential; Searching for possibilities between disciplines and codes; From contract to partnership; The playful employee; Citizens as a resource; The potentiality state; Conclusion: Toward a Premiseless Management Philosophy.
