Public Administration & Public Management - The Principal-Agent Perspective (Paperback, New ed)

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:	2006
Authors:	Jan-Erik Lane
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-37016-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Public administration Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
LSN:	0-415-37016-7
Barcode:	9780415370165

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