Re-Imagining Government: Public Leadership and Management in Challenging Times

ISBN-13: 9780230314412 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 256 str.

Barry Quirk

Opis

In an age of austerity, public leaders and managers face a range of external challenges - fiscal, social and political. Combining theoretical insight, empirical commentary and practical experience, this book examines how democratic political systems work and how public decisions are made - and how they could be made better.

Spis treści

Introduction If Men Were Angels: Why We Need to Re-Imagine and Renew Government Jumping to Conclusions: Public Interest, Public Value, Public Reason Finding Common Cause: Cooperation, Community and the Commons Deciding in a Democracy: Revealing Public Preferences and Balancing Biases The Geography of Governing: the Plurality of People, the Uniqueness of Places Results-Driven Government: Leading and Managing for Public Purpose Risky Business: Dealing with Dangers, Hazards and Harms The Crunch and the Big Squeeze: From Private Recession to Public Retrenchment Better, Quicker, Cheaper: How to Reduce the Cost of Government Conclusion.

O autorze

BARRY QUIRK is one of the UK's most successful public managers, as well as being a public policy and management academic. He is a Visiting Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, and an Associate at the Independent Institute for Government. He has worked in UK local government for over 30 years, more than half of them as a chief executive.