The Art of State

Zusatztext "The book stands in the tradition of Hood's other work - intellectually virtuosic! speculative in argument! and lifting itself above the detail it addresses." Richard Parry! University of Edinburgh! Journal of Social Policy! May 2000 Klappentext This important new study! by a leading scholar in the field! offers a fresh perspective on public management. In contrast to the widespread claim of the modernization gurus' that a new era of global convergence is dawning in public management! it uses cultural theory to show why ideas about how to manage government are inherently plural and contradictory! and likely to remain so. Winner: W. J. M. Mackenzie Book Prize Zusammenfassung This important new study, by a leading scholar in the field, offers a fresh perspective on public management. In contrast to the widespread claim of the 'modernization gurus' that a new era of global convergence is dawning in public management, it uses cultural theory to show why ideas about how to manage government are inherently plural and contradictory and likely to remain so. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. INTRODUCTORY 1: Public Management: Seven Propostions 2: Calamity, Conspiracy, and Chaos in Public Management 3: Control and Regulation in Public Management Part II. CLASSIC AND RECURRING IDEAS IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT 4: Doing Public Management the Hierarchist Way 5: Doing Public Management the Individualist Way 6: Doing Public Management the Egalitarian Way 7: Doing Public Management the Fatalist Way? Part III. RHETORIC, MODERNITY, AND SCIENCE IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT 8: Public Management, Rhetoric, and Culture 9: Contemporary Public Management: A New Global Paradigm? 10: Taking Stock: The State of the Art of the State

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Hood, Hood Christopher
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2000
• EAN: 9780198297659
• ISBN: 978-0-19-829765-9
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 218 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Political science & theory, Management & management techniques, Political science and theory, Management and management techniques, Central / national / federal government, Central government, Civil service and public sector, Civil Service & Public Sector, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government