Public Management and Administration - Softcover

Hughes, Owen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0230231268 ISBN 13: 9780230231269

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

Synopsis

The nature and management of the public sector has changed dramatically since the replacement of the rigid, bureaucratic form of public administration of the 20th century by a more flexible, market-based model. The fourth edition of this highly successful text provides a uniquely broad ranging and international introduction to the field.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In recent years there has been a transformation in the management of the public sector across many parts of the world. The rigid, bureaucratic form of public administration which dominated for most of the twentieth century has been replaced in the twenty-first century by a more flexible, market-based form of public management. As public management has developed away from New Public Management, it has moved even further away from the traditional model of administration.

Public Management and Administration introduces and assesses the principles and theories underlying changes in the management of the public sector. Public management models are being adopted all over the world and the basis, nature and dimensions of these – as well as their theoretical underpinnings and differences – are considered in detail.

The fourth edition of this highly successful text has been substantially revised and updated throughout and includes a new chapter on governance.

About the Author:

OWEN E. HUGHES is Professor of Public Sector Management, Monash University, Australia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0230231268
• ISBN 13: 9780230231269
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 384