Book Series
Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy
New & Published Titles:
Legitimacy and Urban Governance
A Cross-National Comparative Study
A fresh examination of the relationship between two key issues in the on-going debate on urban governance - leadership and community involvement.
It explores the nature…
read moreFebruary 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49959-0 (Routledge)
Changing Images of Civil Society
From Protest to Governance
Civil society has become one of the key parts of the reference framework for governance, seeking to replace traditional public action in which representative democracy…
read more2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-46614-1 (Routledge)
Urban Governance and Democracy
Leadership and Community Involvement
The issue of local governance is high on the institutional agenda of many local and regional authorities throughout the OECD countries. This book explores the… read more2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45979-2 (Routledge)
The Ideal of Public Service
Reflections on the Higher Civil Service in Britain
A close examination of the ethics of higher civil servants in Britain and how they have been undermined by recent developments in public administration.
Barry O'Toole…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-7146-5482-9 (Routledge)
The Politicization of the Civil Service in Comparative Perspective
A Quest for Control
This book addresses an important issue and debate in public administration: the politicization of civil service systems and personnel. Using a comparative framework the authors… read more2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-70025-2 (Routledge)
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Local Governance in England and France
Local Governance in England and France addresses issues at the cutting edge of comparative politics and public policy. The book is based on extensive research… read more2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-23942-4 (Routledge)
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Local Partnership and Social Exclusion in the European Union
New Forms of Local Social Governance?
This book explores local partnership-based initiatives to tackle European-wide problems of poverty and social exclusion. A major comparative study of the fast developing theme of… read more2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-23922-6 (Routledge)
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Why Does Policy Change?
Lessons from British Transport Policy 1945-99
The tension between policy stability and change is a key political phenomenon, but its dynamics have been little understood. Why Does Policy Change? examines and… read more2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-16918-9 (Routledge)
Social Relations and Social Exclusion
Rethinking Political Economy
Examining the rational individual, this book develops a new approach to the theory of social relations. It explores how far we make sense of society… read more2000 | Hardback: 978-0-415-24040-6 (Routledge)
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Public Sector Ethics
Finding and Implementing Values
read more1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-19481-5 (Routledge)
Forthcoming Titles:
Reasserting the Public in Public Services: New Public Management Reforms
Edited by M. Ramesh, Eduardo Araral, Xun Wu
To be published February 18th 2010
Governing Modern Societies: Towards Participatory Governance
By Hubert Heinelt
To be published February 19th 2010