The Public Management and Modernisation in Britain

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 organization and content of public sector organization and activity.>

List of contents

Introduction
Public Management and Modernisation: Theories and Debates
The Response of the Parties
Economic and Financial Management
Restructuring the State Machine
Competition, Markets and Consumerism
Performance Measurement
Accountability
Conclusion: Recurring Issues in Public Management.

About the author

A. Massey, Robert Pyper

Product details

• Authors: Massey, A Massey, A. Massey, Andrew Massey, Robert Pyper, Robert Massey Pyper
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.04.2005
• EAN: 9780333739204
• ISBN: 978-0-333-73920-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Contemporary Political Studies; Contemporary Political Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, European Politics, Business and Management, Public Management, Politics & government, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Public Policy, Great Britain—Politics and government, British Politics, management;organization;public management