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Transport has remained high on the British political agenda as
gridlock on the roads and the aftershocks of rail privatization
have forced continual modifications and developments in the
approach of the Labour government, which came to office in 1997,
and pledged to establish an integrated transport policy. This
comprehensively revised and updated new edition of the leading text
in the field provides full coverage of the historical, political
and European context of British transport policy, of the new
financial and regulatory regimes of the Twenty-first century and of
the impact of such major new initiatives as London's congestion
charge.
From the 'Third Way' reforms of the 1990s to today's prospect of a
post-bureaucracy era, the management of the UK's public services
has been radically overhauled in recent decades. This important new
text provides a complete introduction to the key themes and
developments in public management and the changing relationship
between governments, public service providers and the public. June
Burnham and Sylvia Horton examine the key components of public
management in the UK, including strategic management and the
introduction of new performance management techniques as well as
financial and human resources management. The book assesses how
wider forces such as Europeanization, globalization and the global
economic crisis have affected both the structure and role of the
state and the way public services are managed. It also looks back
to examine the transition from public administration to public
management and considers how different ideologies have influenced
and driven reform. Distinctively, the authors provide a full
assessment of how devolution has affected public services across
all parts of the UK. Providing an insightful and accessibly written
introduction, this book will be ideal reading for all students of
public management.
In this provocative and incisive book, Zaki Laidi argues that as
our world becomes ever larger, our ability to find meaning in it
diminishes. With the end of communism came the end of the intimate
alliance between power and ideology. No power in our globalised
world can any longer claim to provide meaning. In despair we look
back to old models (religious traditions, nationalism, ethnicity)
to give us a sense of identity. But in a globalised world in a
permanent state of flux, just how effective are these old
certainties?
Britain's Modernised Civil Service provides detailed analysis of
the structure and operation of the modern civil service along with
an historically grounded account of its development. Key events,
personalities and scandals help bring the account to life and
illuminate and challenge the various theories of what the civil
service is or should be. The authors take the evolutionary change
of the civil service as a central theme and examine the impact of
the major reforms of recent years on the historic Whitehall unitary
model. They assess the impact of the New Public Management agenda
of the Thatcher and Major years and the role of the Civil Service
in the multi-governmental context of devolution and membership of
the European Union. Further changes associated with New Labour such
the increased role of think tanks, special advisers and the impact
of the freedom of information act further sharpen the picture of
today's civil service and lead to a rethinking of theories of its
role. This readable book by two leading authorities provides an
up-to-date account of Britain's Civil Service that will be
essential reading for students of British politics, public policy
and management. June Burnham is a researcher and consultant in the
area of public services and public policy and formerly Senior
Lecturer in European Government at Middlesex University. Robert
Pyper is Professor of Government and Public Management, and Head of
the Division of Public Policy at Glasgow Caledonian University. He
is author of The British Civil Service for which this is a
fully-revised replacement volume.
Freight Transport and the Modern Economy adapts a well-known
textbook by Michel Savy, revising, extending and updating it for
British, European and international readers. It deals not only with
the technical aspects of transport, logistics and supply chain
management, but also the interactions between transport
professionals and the public authorities in the modern social,
political, economic and environmental context. The transport of
freight is presented as a system, mixing empirics and theory,
showing how transport itself functions and also its strong
influence on the modern economy, with a growing volume of
production, turnover and employment. The nature of freight
transport, an industrial process widely marketed as a service, is
analysed in depth, explaining the main characteristics of the
transport operation, its market and the regulatory context. The
main actors, the professional actors (carriers, shippers and other
agents) and the public authorities are introduced, and their
behaviour and interactions are clarified. This comprehensive
approach allows the reader to go further and consider in particular
the approaches and practices of transport by carriers, customers,
logistics managers, political decision makers and citizens, to
tackle long range issues such as the 'decoupling' of production and
transport recommended by some institutions and experts, and to
explore the need for more infrastructure, or the capacity of the
freight transport industry to reduce its contribution to pollution
and climate change. This book treats freight transport as a whole
system in its technical, economic, social, political and
environmental context, in contrast to existing transport literature
focused on individual aspects, such as transportation planning
(usually for cars or passengers), logistics (essentially management
issues), or individual transport modes. This book is comprehensive
in its treatment of freight transport and in its use of multiple
disciplinary perspectives.
Freight Transport and the Modern Economy adapts a well-known
textbook by Michel Savy, revising, extending and updating it for
British, European and international readers. It deals not only with
the technical aspects of transport, logistics and supply chain
management, but also the interactions between transport
professionals and the public authorities in the modern social,
political, economic and environmental context. The transport of
freight is presented as a system, mixing empirics and theory,
showing how transport itself functions and also its strong
influence on the modern economy, with a growing volume of
production, turnover and employment. The nature of freight
transport, an industrial process widely marketed as a service, is
analysed in depth, explaining the main characteristics of the
transport operation, its market and the regulatory context. The
main actors, the professional actors (carriers, shippers and other
agents) and the public authorities are introduced, and their
behaviour and interactions are clarified. This comprehensive
approach allows the reader to go further and consider in particular
the approaches and practices of transport by carriers, customers,
logistics managers, political decision makers and citizens, to
tackle long range issues such as the 'decoupling' of production and
transport recommended by some institutions and experts, and to
explore the need for more infrastructure, or the capacity of the
freight transport industry to reduce its contribution to pollution
and climate change. This book treats freight transport as a whole
system in its technical, economic, social, political and
environmental context, in contrast to existing transport literature
focused on individual aspects, such as transportation planning
(usually for cars or passengers), logistics (essentially management
issues), or individual transport modes. This book is comprehensive
in its treatment of freight transport and in its use of multiple
disciplinary perspectives.
From the 'Third Way' reforms of the 1990s to today's prospect of a
post-bureaucracy era, the management of the UK's public services
has been radically overhauled in recent decades. This important new
text provides a complete introduction to the key themes and
developments in public management and the changing relationship
between governments, public service providers and the public. June
Burnham and Sylvia Horton examine the key components of public
management in the UK, including strategic management and the
introduction of new performance management techniques as well as
financial and human resources management. The book assesses how
wider forces such as Europeanization, globalization and the global
economic crisis have affected both the structure and role of the
state and the way public services are managed. It also looks back
to examine the transition from public administration to public
management and considers how different ideologies have influenced
and driven reform. Distinctively, the authors provide a full
assessment of how devolution has affected public services across
all parts of the UK. Providing an insightful and accessibly written
introduction, this book will be ideal reading for all students of
public management.
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