Public Management and Governance is the leading text in international public management and governance and an ideal introduction to all aspects of this field. It combines rigorous insight from pre-eminent scholars around the world with a clear structure and supportive, thoughtful, and intuitive pedagogy. This revised and updated fourth edition responds to the significant changes in the external environment, as well as the field itself. It includes six new chapters covering aspects of increasing importance:
- Public management and governance developments in non-OECD countries
- Risk and resilience
- Innovation in public management and governance
- Digital public management
- Digital public governance
- Behavioural approaches to public policy
Throughout the new edition, there is a wealth of new content on emergent topics such as collaborative leadership, diversity and inclusion, complexity theory and evidence-informed policy. Each chapter is supplemented with discussion questions, group and individual exercises, case studies and recommendations on further reading; this edition also includes more international cases. This highly respected text is an essential resource for all students on undergraduate and postgraduate courses in public management, public administration, government, and public policy as well as for policymakers and practitioners seeking an up-to-date guide to the field.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Notes on contributors
Foreword
Part I From Public Management to Governance
- Understanding public management and governance
- The changing context of public policy: local, national and international trends
Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler - The changing role of public spending
Peter M. Jackson - Public sector reforms across OECD countries
Edwin Lau and Nick Manning - Public management and governance developments in non-OECD countries
George Larbi - Behavioural approaches to public management and governance
- Strategic management and marketing in public service organizations
Tony Bovaird - Contracting and partnering for public services
Carsten Greve and Andrew Erridge - Conceptual revolutions in public financial management
Jim Chan and M.A. Zhiming - Human resource management in public service organisations
Adrian Ritz and Eva Knies - Public services and management in the digital age
Veiko Lember and Joep Crompvoets - Performance measurement and management in public sector organizations
Geert Bouckaert and Wouter van Dooren - Process and quality management in public service organizations
Kuno Schedler and Utz Helmuth - Regulatory inspection and public audit
Slobodan Tomic - Public governance for public value
Elke Loeffler - Partnership working across public and private sectors
Tony Bovaird and Erik-Hans Klijn - Management at ‘arm’s length’: executive agencies and public bodies
Sandra van Thiel - Managing ‘wicked problems’ through complex adaptive governance networks
Chris Koliba and Joop Koppenjan - Innovation in public governance and management
- E-governance: concept, practice and ethics
Arman Behrooz and Albert Meijer - Understanding public leadership
Jean Hartley - Citizen engagement
Elke Loeffler and Steve Martin - Co-production of public services and outcomes
Elke Loeffler - Managing risk and resilience in the public domain
- Transparency in government
Alisdair Roberts - Changing equalities: politics, policies and practice
Rachel Ashworth - Ethical considerations in the public sector: What is acceptable behaviour?
Howard Davis, Suzanne Piotrowski and Lois Warner - Evidence-informed policy and practice
Annette Boaz and Sandra Nutley - Public management and governance: the future?
Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler
Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler
Janne Kalucza and Caroline Fischer
Part II Public Management
Part III Public Governance
Jacob Torfing
Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler
Part IV … and finally
Index
Biography
Tony Bovaird is Emeritus Professor of Public Management and Policy at the University of Birmingham and Chief Executive of Governance International. He has published widely in strategic management, public policy evaluation, and public services management.
Elke Loeffler is Senior Lecturer and Director of Strategic Partnerships (CPRL) at the Open University and Director of Governance International. She has published widely in public governance, quality management in the public sector and user and community co-production of public services.
