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While the field of public management has become increasingly
international, research and policy recommendations that work for
one country often do not work for another. Why, for example, is
managerial networking important in the United States, moderately
effective in the United Kingdom, and of little consequence in the
Netherlands[unk] Comparative Public Management argues that scholars
must find a better way to account for political, environmental, and
organizational contexts to build a more general model of public
management. The volume editors propose a framework in which context
influences the types of managerial actions that can be used
effectively in public organizations. After introducing the
innovative framework, the book offers seven empiricalchapters-cases
from seven countries and a range of policy areas (health,education,
taxation, and local governance)-that show how management affects
performance in different contexts. Following these empirical tests,
the bookexamines themes that emerge across cases and seeks to set
an agenda forfuture research. Intended for students and scholars of
public administration and public policy, this book will be the
first to provide a comprehensive comparative assessment of
management's impact on organizational performance.
Issues of race permeate virtually every corner of policy creation
and implementation in the United States, yet theoretically driven
research on interactions of policy, race, and ethnicity rarely
offers practical tools that can be readily applied by current and
future civil servants, private contractors, or nonprofit boards.
Arguing that scholarship can and should inform practice to address
issues of equity in public affairs, rather than overlook, ignore,
or deny them, Race and Public Administration offers a much-needed
and accessible exploration of current and cutting-edge research on
race and policy. This book evaluates what contradictions,
unanswered questions, and best (or worst) practices exist in
conducting and understanding research that can provide
evidence-based policy and management guidance to practitioners in
the field. Individual chapters are written by established and
emerging scholars and explore a wide range of policy areas,
including public education, policing, health and access to
healthcare, digital governance, nonprofit diversity, and
international contexts. Together, the chapters serve as a link
between theoretically informed research in public administration
and those students and professionals trained to work in the
trenches of public administration. This book is ideally suited as a
text for courses in schools of public administration, public
policy, or nonprofit management, and is required reading for those
actively involved in policy analysis, creation, or evaluation.
This book highlights how horror in film and television creates
platforms to address distinct areas of modern-day concern. In
examining the prevalence of dark tropes in contemporary horror
films such as Get Out, Annabelle: Creation, A
Quiet Place, Hereditary and The Nun, as well as
series such as Stranger Things, American Horror
Story and Game of Thrones, amongst numerous
others, the authors contend that we are witnessing the
emergence of a ‘horror renaissance’. They posit that horror
films or programmes, once widely considered to be a low form of
popular culture entertainment, can contain deeper meanings or
subtext and are increasingly covering serious subject
matter. This book thus explores how horror is utilised
as a tool to explore social and political anxieties of the cultural
moment and is thus presented as a site for contestation,
exploration and expansion to discuss present-day fears. It
demonstrates how contemporary horror reflects the horror of
modern-day life, be it political, biological, social or
environmental. A vital contribution to studies of the horror genre
in contemporary culture, and the effect it has on social anxieties
in a threatening and seemingly apocalyptic time for the world, this
is a vital text for students and researchers in popular culture,
film, television and media studies.
Issues of race permeate virtually every corner of policy creation
and implementation in the United States, yet theoretically driven
research on interactions of policy, race, and ethnicity rarely
offers practical tools that can be readily applied by current and
future civil servants, private contractors, or nonprofit boards.
Arguing that scholarship can and should inform practice to address
issues of equity in public affairs, rather than overlook, ignore,
or deny them, Race and Public Administration offers a much-needed
and accessible exploration of current and cutting-edge research on
race and policy. This book evaluates what contradictions,
unanswered questions, and best (or worst) practices exist in
conducting and understanding research that can provide
evidence-based policy and management guidance to practitioners in
the field. Individual chapters are written by established and
emerging scholars and explore a wide range of policy areas,
including public education, policing, health and access to
healthcare, digital governance, nonprofit diversity, and
international contexts. Together, the chapters serve as a link
between theoretically informed research in public administration
and those students and professionals trained to work in the
trenches of public administration. This book is ideally suited as a
text for courses in schools of public administration, public
policy, or nonprofit management, and is required reading for those
actively involved in policy analysis, creation, or evaluation.
While the field of public management has become increasingly
international, research and policy recommendations that work for
one country often do not work for another. Why, for example, is
managerial networking important in the United States, moderately
effective in the United Kingdom, and of little consequence in the
Netherlands? Comparative Public Management argues that scholars
must find a better way to account for political, environmental, and
organizational contexts to build a more general model of public
management. The volume editors propose a framework in which context
influences the types of managerial actions that can be used
effectively in public organizations. After introducing the
innovative framework, the book offers seven empirical
chapters-cases from seven countries and a range of policy areas
(health,education, taxation, and local governance) - that show how
management affects performance in different contexts. Following
these empirical tests, the book examines themes that emerge across
cases and seeks to set an agenda for future research. Intended for
students and scholars of public administration and public policy,
this book will be the first to provide a comprehensive comparative
assessment of management's impact on organizational performance.
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