Public Management

Polarization is widely diagnosed as a major cause in the decline of evidence-based policy making and public engagement-based styles of policy making. _x005F_x000D_ Public Policy, Governance and Polarization seeks to provide a theoretical foundation for scholars and policy makers who need to understa..

Public Sector Revenue: Principles, Policies and Management provides the reader with the theoretical foundations and practical tools to understand the generation and management of revenues in the public sector, and it weaves a wide range of international examples throughout the text...

Public Sector Revenue: Principles, Policies and Management provides the reader with the theoretical foundations and practical tools to understand the generation and management of revenues in the public sector, and it weaves a wide range of international examples throughout the text...

Over the last decade governments in Europe and North America have attempted to improve efficiency of public services through Information and Communication Technology, commonly branded as electronic government (e-government). Public Sector Transformation through E-Government explores the influence th..

The current economic and political climate places ever greater pressure on public organizations to deliver services in a cost-efficient way. This book examines the topic of public service efficiency from a wide lens; examining theories and evidence relating to technical, allocative, distributive and..

Public Service Management and Employment Relations in Europe examines public service employment relations after the economic crisis, including analysis of more than thirty years of public service and workforce reform, and addresses the interplay between an emerging post-crisis public service sector ..

Providing a one-stop shop, multi-disciplinary approach to public procurement, Public Private Partnerships in the European Union offers its readers a practical description and analysis of the relevant policies, law and jurisprudence and explores possible future trends in public procurement regulation..

This book compares and contrasts PPP research in the UK with that of cases in the USA, including interviews with some of the key stakeholders (decision makers in the public sector, contractors, and users) of PPPs in North America, and observations of PPPs in action (such as schools and roads). No pr..

This book is about rethinking public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the wake of the global financial crisis and aims to give a clearer picture of the kind of conceptual frameworks that researchers might employ to now study PPPs. The crisis took much of the glamour out of PPPs, but theoretical advanc..

This exciting new edition enhances the original text with contemporary cases, state-of-the-art themes and a greater focus on the international, trans-boundary and multi-agency dimensions of risk and crisis management. These enhancements reflect the fact that today’s public manager must increasingly ..

Road User Charging: Issues and Policies..

By using extensive case studies drawn from across local councils in England, Ray Tomkinson explains the implications of sharing service delivery, addresses concerns about loss of control and accountability, and demonstrates the potential advantages. He shows how to set up collaborative ventures, for..