Taking a critical approach, it examines the key concepts and ideas of public management. Comparative case studies introduce students to public management ideas from the US, the UK, and Europe. The new edition is fully updated to reflect the financial crisis and its impact on the way public services are now being reformed across the world.
Taking a critical approach, it examines the key concepts and ideas of public management. Comparative case studies introduce students to public managem...
Enabling both students and researchers to fully explore the range of research approaches available, this guide demystifies the process of setting up a research study and is ideal as a starter book in research design.
Enabling both students and researchers to fully explore the range of research approaches available, this guide demystifies the process of setting up a...
Contends that attempts to reform the NHS can only be understood by reference to both the wider social and political context, and to the organisational and ideational legacies present within the NHS itself. This work aims to demonstrate an appreciation of the interactions between health policy, organisation and society.
Contends that attempts to reform the NHS can only be understood by reference to both the wider social and political context, and to the organisational...
Incorporating insights from political economy and behavioural psychology, this radical book provides an up-to-date account of the dilemmas facing social policy this decade: where did we go wrong, and what we can do about it? Ian Greener reconsiders one of the leading analyses by Jessop of the relationship between the economic and the political, combining it with insights from behavioural science. Covering the economy, healthcare, education and social security, detailed case studies show that the tensions and contradictions in present policy stem from the relationship between government and...
Incorporating insights from political economy and behavioural psychology, this radical book provides an up-to-date account of the dilemmas facing soci...