Running the Government: Public Administration and Governance in Global Context

ISBN-13: 9781138092020 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 474 str.

Salvatore Schiavo-Campo

Opis

Written by an author with a wide range of experience in international affairs, this introductory text addresses both the commonalities and diversity of administrative practice around the world.

Spis treści

Part 1. Government Roles and Organizations  1. Public Administration and Governance in a Competitive World [with Hazel McFerson]  2. Policy-Making Machinery and the Structure of Central Government  3. Decentralization and the Organizational Architecture of Subnational Government  Part 2. Managing Government  4. Managing Government Finances  5. Government Employment and Wage Policy  6. Managing Government Personnel  7. Managing Public Procurement  8. Government Regulation  Part 3. Government Interaction with Society  9. Accountability: Protecting Resources, Encouraging Performance  10. The Rule of Law and Public Corruption [with Jianna Schiavo-Campo]  11. Transparency, Information and Communication Technology, and the Media [with Clay Wescott]  12. Participation and Interaction with Civil Society  13. Providing Public Services and Interacting with Private Business  14. Public Administration Reform: Lessons of Experience and Broad Directions

O autorze

Salvatore "Rino" Schiavo-Campo is a former senior official at the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and International Monetary Fund, following a full academic career that concluded as Professor and Chairman of Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He has provided high-level advice to governments of over 50 countries, and he is the author of numerous scholarly articles and 15 books on topics in governance and public administration, public financial management, economic development, and post-conflict reconstruction, including Government Budgeting and Expenditure Management (Routledge, 2017).