A perspective on the public sector that presents a concise and
comprehensive analysis of exactly what it is and how it operates.
Governments in any society deliver a large number of services and
goods to their populations. To get the job done, they need public
management in order to steer resources - employees, money and laws
- into policy outputs and outcomes. In well-ordered societies the
teams who work for the state work under a rule-of-law framework,
known as public administration. This book covers the key issues of:
the principal-agent framework and the public sector public
principals and their agents the economic reasons of government
public organization, incentives and rationality in government the
essence of public administration: legality and the rule of law
public policy criteria: the Cambridge and Chicago positions public
teams and private teams public firms public insurance public
management policy Public Administration & Public Management is
essential reading for those with professional and research
interests in public administration and public management.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2005 |
First published: |
2005 |
Authors: |
Jan-Erik Lane
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
304 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-37015-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Business & Economics >
Business & management >
General
|
LSN: |
0-415-37015-9 |
Barcode: |
9780415370158 |
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