Reasserting the Public in Public Services: New Public Management Reforms (Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy)

ISBN 10: 0415547393 / ISBN 13: 9780415547390

Published by Routledge, 2010

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The change of direction is a response to the realization that privatization is not working as intended, especially in public service sectors. This title discusses the emerging patterns of the reassertion of the state in the delivery of essential public services. Editor(s): Ramesh, M.; Araral, Eduardo; Wu, Xun. Series: Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white tables, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JPP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502. . 2010. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reasserting the Public in Public Services: New Public Management Reforms (Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415547393
• ISBN 13: 9780415547390
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

After two decades of dominating the public sector reform agenda, privatization is on the wane as states gradually reassert themselves in many formerly privatized sectors. The change of direction is a response to the realization that privatization is not working as intended, especially in public service sectors.

This landmark volume brings together leading social scientists, including B. Guy Peters, Anthony Cheung and Jon Pierre, to systematically discuss the emerging patterns of the reassertion of the state in the delivery of essential public services. The state under these emerging arrangements assumes overall responsibility for and control over essential public service delivery, yet allows scope for market incentives and competition when they are known to work. The recent reforms thus display a more pragmatic and nuanced understanding of how markets work in public services .

The first part of the book provides the theoretical context while the second provides sectoral studies of recent reforms in healthcare, education, transportation, electricity and water supply. It includes case studies from a range of countries: Brazil, China, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, USA, Hong Kong and the UK.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars in Political Science, Public Administration, Public Policy, Geography, Political Economy, Sociology, and Urban Planning.

About the Author

M. Ramesh is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Hong Kong. He is the author of Welfare Capitalism in Southeast Asia; Social Policy in East and Southeast Asia and co-author of Studying Public Policy. Eduardo Araral and Xun Wu are faculty members at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.