The Public Management and Modernisation in Britain: 5 (Contemporary Political Studies)

by Robert Pyper (Contributor), A. Massey (Author)

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This comprehensive introductory text starts by charting the origins and evolution of the shift from public administration to public management and moves on to assess the main theories and debates about its character, benefits and problems. After consideration of the party political issues and debates and continuities and discontinuities between the approaches of Thatcher, Major and Blair, the core of the book assesses the main dimensions of change in the organization and content of public sector organization and activity.

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This comprehensive introductory text starts by charting the origins and evolution of the shift from public administration to public management and moves on to assess the main theories and debates about its character, benefits and problems. After consideration of the party political issues and debates and continuities and discontinuities between the approaches of Thatcher, Major and Blair, the core of the book assesses the main dimensions of change in the organization and content of public sector organization and activity.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
Edition: 2005
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 07 Apr 2005
ISBN 10: 0333739205
ISBN 13: 9780333739204
Book Overview: 'Incisive, critical and well-written, this major contribution to understanding British public management will be essential reading for students and practitioners alike' - Professor Wayne Parsons, Queen Mary, University of London 'A timely analysis of the trends and tendencies underlying the dramatic changes in UK government of the past 30 years' - Professor Trevor Smith

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'Incisive, critical and well-written, this major contribution to understanding British public management will be essential reading for students and practitioners alike' - Professor Wayne Parsons, Queen Mary, University of London 'A timely analysis of the trends and tendencies underlying the dramatic changes in UK government of the past 30 years' - Professor Trevor Smith

Author Bio

ANDREW MASSEY is Associate Dean (Research), University of Portsmouth, UK. He is author or co-author of several books and articles on public administration and public sector reform, including most recently, Modernizing Civil Services (with Tony Butcher), Edward Elgar, 2003 and Decentralizing the Civil Service (with R.A.W. Rhodes, Paul Carmichael and Janice McMillan), Open University Press, 2003.

ROBERT PYPER is Professor of Government and Public Administration, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. He is author, co-author or editor of seven books, including Aspects of Accountability in the British System of Government (Tudor, 1996), The British Civil Service (Palgrave Macmillan, 1995), and The New Public Administration in Britain (with John Greenwood and David Wilson), Routledge, 2002. His articles have been published in a range of journals, and he is the Editor of the journal Public Policy and Administration.