After two decades of dominating the public sector reform agenda, privatization is on the wane as states gradually reassert themselves in many formerly privatized sectors. The change of direction is a response to the realization that privatization is not working as intended, especially in public service sectors. This landmark volume brings together leading social scientists, including B. Guy Peters, Anthony Cheung and Jon Pierre, to systematically discuss the emerging patterns of the reassertion of the state in the delivery of essential public services. The state under these emerging...
After two decades of dominating the public sector reform agenda, privatization is on the wane as states gradually reassert themselves in many formerly...
This text uses case studies of governance from across Asia to examine how good governance principles translate into local settings, how local settings influence the conception of what is good governance and how the debate over good governance is deployed as a political or administrative strategy.
This text uses case studies of governance from across Asia to examine how good governance principles translate into local settings, how local settings...
This edited collection examines various facets of governance - the organization and steering of political processes within society - for a better understanding of the complexities of contemporary policy making.
This edited collection examines various facets of governance - the organization and steering of political processes within society - for a better unde...
