Public & Nonprofit Management Books

New and Published Books

1. Sustainability for Healthcare Management

   A Leadership Imperative

   By Carrie R. Rich, J. Knox Singleton, Seema S. Wadhwa

   Sustainability is not unique to health, but is a unique vehicle for promoting healthy values. This book challenges healthcare leaders to think through the implications of our decisions from fiscal, societal and environmental perspectives. It links health values with sustainability drivers in order...

   Published December 20th 2012 by Routledge
2. Corporate Responsibility for Cultural Heritage

   Conservation, Sustainable Development, and Corporate Reputation

   By Fiona Starr

   Series: Routledge Studies in Heritage

   This book examines the relationship between two divergent fields – corporate activity and heritage conservation – linking the financing of conservation and its benefits with the corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals of the private sector. Through discussion of physical conservation, benefits...

   Published December 19th 2012 by Routledge
3. Public-Private Partnerships in the USA

   Lessons to be Learned for the United Kingdom

   By Tony Wall

   Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management

   Broadly, a Public-Private Partnership (or PPP) is any collaboration between the public and private sector, but research in the UK has tended to focus on those that have been used for major infrastructure projects, such as roads, schools, and hospitals. This book compares and contrasts PPP research...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
4. Accountability and Effectiveness Evaluation in Nonprofit Organizations

   By James Cutt, Vic Murray

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Management of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organizations

   This unique volume provides new perspectives on assessing the performance of nonprofit organizations whilst meeting the information needs of decision-makers, both internal (such as resource-providers, regulators and clients), and external (including boards, managers, staff and volunteers). Whilst...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Private Sector after Communism

   New Entrepreneurial Firms in Transition Economies

   By Vladimir Banacek, Mihaly Laki, Jan Winiecki

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   The transformation of state-owned enterprises into privately owned ones is commonly referred to as 'privatization'. Just as important as this process, though sometimes not given the attention it deserves and requires, is the establishment and expansion of new private firms.This book analyzes new...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
6. Ethics and Management in the Public Sector

   By Alan Lawton, Julie Rayner, Karin Lasthuizen

   Series: Routledge Masters in Public Management

   Grappling with ethical issues is a daily challenge for those working in organizations that deliver public services. Such services are delivered through an often bewildering range of agencies and amidst this constant change, there are fears that a public service ethos, a tradition of working in the...

   Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge
7. Healthcare Delivery in the U.S.A.

   An Introduction, Second Edition

   By Margaret F. Schulte

   With the same clarity that made the previous edition a bestseller, Healthcare Delivery in the U.S.A.: An Introduction, Second Edition provides readers with the understanding required to navigate the healthcare provider field. Brilliantly simple, yet comprehensive, this updated edition explains how...

   Published December 12th 2012 by Productivity Press
8. Microfoundations of Policy Implementation

   Towards European Best Practices

   By Phedon Nicolaides

   Series: Routledge/EIPA Managing the European Union Series

   The European Union (EU) has a compliance problem: there are persistent failures in the implementation of EU rules and policies by the member states. This book examines how policy implementation may be improved. It explains the nature of policy mistakes, proceeds to consider how individual public...

   Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
9. Rethinking Public-Private Partnerships

   Strategies for Turbulent Times

   Edited by Carsten Greve, Graeme Hodge

   Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management

   The global financial crisis hit the world in a remarkable way in late 2008. Many governments and private sector organizations, who had considered Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to be their future, were forced to rethink their strategy in the wake of the crisis, as a lot of the available private...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
10. Power and Welfare

    Understanding Citizens' Encounters with State Welfare

    By Nanna Mik-Meyer, Kaspar Villadsen

    Series: Routledge Advances in Health and Social Policy

    In the welfare provision of today, power takes both the shape of juridical sanctions and of attractive offers for self-development. When state institutions punish criminals, remove children at risk, or enforce sanctions upon welfare recipients the question of power is immediately urgent. It is less...

    Published November 19th 2012 by Routledge