The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance - Hardcover

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9780195136654: The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0195136659 ISBN 13: 9780195136654
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2002

Synopsis

The Tools of Government is the first professional guide to the principles and practices of public administration in an age when governments no longer provide many services--but arrange for others to do so. Characterized by extensive collaboration among levels of government and between government and the private sector, this new approach to solving public problems presents many new important issues.
Comprehensive in scope, this new book offers a first hand look at the challenges faced by contracting out to nonprofit and profit sectors for grants, insurance, regulation, vouchers, cooperative arrangements, tax data, grants-in-aid, and others. The chapters examine over 20 different tools in use today and summarizes their basic features, patterns of usage, key tasks, political and substantive rational, and the major management challenges that each one poses.
International in coverage and application, this book is ideal for students, teachers, and scholars in public administration, management, public policy, economics, political science, and nonprofit management; managers and heads of state, local, and federal agencies; executives in foundations and other nonprofit organizations; and academic, government, and research libraries.

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About the Author

Lester M. Salamon is at Johns Hopkins University.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0195136659
ISBN 13 
9780195136654
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
688
Editor
Salamon Lester M.
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