The New Public Management - Current Trends and Future Prospects

Informationen zum Autor McLaughlin, Kathleen; Ferlie, Ewan; Osborne P, Stephen Klappentext The UK has played a pivotal role in the development of New Public Management (NPM). This book offers an original, comprehensive and multidisciplinary analysis of the impact of the New Public Management in the UK, and situates these analyses in a broader comparative perspective. Its chapters consider: competing typologies of NPM issues of professionalism within NPM debates on social exclusion and equity the role of different research approaches in evaluating NPM the evolving nature of NPM and impact of modernisation evaluations of NPM in mainland Europe, North America, Africa and the developing World, Australia, and Pacific-Asia. Leading authorities from around the world present evaluations of current thinking in NPM and highlight the challenges which will shape future development and research approaches. New Public Management presents a timely and constructive overview of the nature and impact of the NPM and offers important lessons for public management across the world. Zusammenfassung In this original, comprehensive and multidisciplinary analysis of the impact of New Public Management in the UK, leading international authorities present evaluations of current thinking and highlight the challenges for the future. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors, Acknowledgements, Current trends and future prospects of public management: a guide, PART I The New Public Management in context, PART II The New Public Management in action, PART III The New Public Management in comparative context, PART IV Researching the New Public Management, PART V Conclusions, Index

Product details

• Authors: Ewan Ferlie, Kate Mclaughlin, Stephen P Osborne
• Assisted by: Ewan Ferlie (Editor), Ferlie Ewan (Editor), Kathleen McLaughlin (Editor), McLaughlin Kathleen (Editor), Stephen Osborne P (Editor)
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.12.2001
• EAN: 9780415243629
• ISBN: 978-0-415-24362-9
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business, Management and management techniques, Public ownership / nationalization