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1 online resource (x, 349 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Note |
Festschrift in honour of B. Guy Peters. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-335) and index. |
| Contents |
Ideas in action : why the reality of the administrative reform grinder matters / Patricia Ingraham and Jon Pierre -- Ideas of reform : reforming governance and accountability. Change and continuity : an institutional approach to institutuions of democratic government / Johan P. Olser -- Ideas of reform : leaders and change. New public leadership for public service reform / Geert Bouckaert ; Leaders and leadership in administrative reform / Ian Thynne -- Ideas of reform : management systems and other reformed tools. Simply the best? International benchmarking of reform and good governance / Christopher Pollitt ; Cyber-bureaucracy : if information technology is so central to public administration, why is it so Ghetto-ized? / Christopher Hood and Helen Margetts -- Design of reform : Evolution of policy tools. Reforming management and management sytems : impacts and issues / John Halligan -- Design of reform : western ideas and models in non-western settings. Implementing developed countries' administrative reforms in developing countries : Case of México / José Luis Méndez ; Western models and administrative reform in China : pragmatism and the search for modernity / John P. Burns ; Bureaucrats, politicians, and the transfer of administrative reform into Thailand / Bidhya Bowornwathana -- Change and reform in a multinational context. Change and reform in the European Union / Alberta M. Sbragia -- Looking back at reform efforts : what worked? Success and failure of reform : taking stock / Donald J. Savoie ; Conclusions : Future of public management / Jon Pierre. |
| Summary |
The public service has changed dramatically over the years. Reviewing these changes, this book provides a global assessment of reform and the lessons governments can learn from previous policies. It offers insights into the origins of policy ideas, the qualities and capabilities of leaders, and the nature and challenges of organizational changes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Administrative agencies -- Reorganization.
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Administrative agencies -- Reorganization. |
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Civil service reform.
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Civil service reform. |
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Public administration.
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Public administration. |
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Comparative government.
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Comparative government. |
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Electronic books.
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Festschriften.
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Festschriften.
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| Added Author |
Ingraham, Patricia W.
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Pierre, Jon.
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Peters, B. Guy.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Comparative administrative change and reform. Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2010 9780773536593 (DLC) 2010481902 (OCoLC)458726580 |
| ISBN |
9780773583849 (electronic book) |
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077358384X (electronic book) |
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9780773536593 (electronic book) |
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0773536590 (electronic book) |
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9780773536609 (electronic book) |
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0773536604 (electronic book) |
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