Public Management and Governance examines the factors which make government critically important and the barriers which often stop it being effective. It questions what it means to have effective policies, efficient management and good quality public services, and it explores how the process of governing could be improved. Key themes include:

• the challenges and pressures facing governments around the world;
• the changing role of the public sector in a mixed economy of provision;
• governance issues such as ethics, equalities, transparency and citizen...

Public Management and Governance examines the factors which make government critically important and the barriers which often stop it being effective. It questions what it means to have effective policies, efficient management and good quality public services, and it explores how the process of governing could be improved. Key themes include:

• the challenges and pressures facing governments around the world;
• the changing role of the public sector in a mixed economy of provision;
• governance issues such as ethics, equalities, transparency and citizen...