International Handbook of Public Management Reform

Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Figures......Page 8
Tables and boxes......Page 9
Contributors......Page 10
Preface......Page 16
1 Introduction......Page 18
2 The influence of economic theories of government failure on public management reform......Page 35
3 HRM in the public sector: is it enough?......Page 58
4 New public management and the politics of accountability......Page 83
5 Public value-seeking leadership: its nature, rationale and development in the context of public management reform......Page 105
6 ‘E-government’: is it the next big public sector trend?......Page 122
7 Dangerous enthusiasms and information systems development in the public sector......Page 138
8 Public management reform in the United Kingdom: great leaps, small steps and policies as their own cause......Page 154
9 New Zealand: reforming a new public management exemplar?......Page 172
10 New public management in Australia......Page 190
11 The challenge of renewing governance in Canada......Page 204
12 The United States: the political context of administrative reform......Page 217
13 French administrative reform: change and resistance......Page 237
14 Senior Civil Servants and bureaucratic change in Belgium......Page 252
15 Dynamic conservatism: the rise and evolution of public management reforms in the Netherlands......Page 279
16 Danish public management reform before and after NPM......Page 296
17 Public management reform in Norway: reluctance and tensions......Page 317
18 Public management reform in Hong Kong......Page 334
19 Public sector management reform in Japan......Page 353
20 Conclusion: is there a common thread?......Page 368
Index......Page 388