The author offers insights into the management of public programmes by the Japanese government revealing how the inner circles of the ruling party, the ministers and political leaders overlap in the exercise of power and how they have achieved the successful economic and social revolution.
With the benefit of a historical perspective on the development of American public service from the days of the progressives to the present, the contributors to this book argue that deregulating the public service is a necessary but insufficient condition for much of the needed improvement in governmental administration.
In this title, the author recommends establishing a clear legal regime related to local government employees and elected officials; developing a monitoring, accountability and sanction system; implementing an effective audit and risk assessment mechanisms; efficient legal remedies against biased decisions on concessions, licenses, and much more.
Successful transition for any post-communist country is reliant upon market, government and the civil sector. This study of the Czech Republic highlights the early transitional mistakes made during the Klaus era with respect to the role of these sectors.
Presents selected research papers dealing with important methodological and theoretical issues in the policy sciences, with research in policy-related disciplines, and applied research on issues in public policy analysis and public management.
Aims to meet four objectives: to define public management as a disciplinary field in a different way; to explain trends in public management; to clarify some basic ideas for improving public service; and to show how public organizations can be renewed to make them more responsive and productive.
Managing and Measuring Social Enterprises explores how the perfomance agenda has impacted on public policy and management. Rob Paton examines what has happened when performance improvement techniques originating in the private sector are applied to public and nonprofit organizations.
An examination of the effect of 17 years of Conservative government on the Civil Service and the ramifications for future governments. The notion of politicization in the light of the sweeping reforms that have taken place is addressed, and the way senior appointments are made is analysed.
An examination of the effect of 17 years of Conservative government on the Civil Service and the ramifications for future governments. The notion of politicization in the light of the sweeping reforms that have taken place is addressed, and the way senior appointments are made is analysed.