Public management and modernisation in Britain
Language: English Series: Contemporary Political StudiesPublication details: Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005Description: 198pISBN: 0333739205Subject(s): Public administration | Public administration (civil service, local government) ** | Public sectorGenre/Form: Public administration. Great Britain DDC classification: 351.41 Summary: This comprehensive introductory text starts by charting the origins and evolution of the shift from public administration to public management and moves on to assess the main theories and debates about its character, benefits and problems. After consideration of the party political issues and debates and continuities and discontinuities between the approaches of Thatcher, Major and Blair, the core of the book assesses the main dimensions of change in the organisation and content of public sector organisation and activity.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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This comprehensive introductory text starts by charting the origins and evolution of the shift from public administration to public management and moves on to assess the main theories and debates about its character, benefits and problems. After consideration of the party political issues and debates and continuities and discontinuities between the approaches of Thatcher, Major and Blair, the core of the book assesses the main dimensions of change in the organisation and content of public sector organisation and activity.
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