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...
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...
After two decades of dominating the public sector reform agenda, privatization is on the wane as states gradually reassert themselves in many forme...
Policy design efforts are often hampered by an inadequate understanding of how policy tools and actions promote effective policies. This book addresses this gap by proposing a causal theory of the linkages between policy actions and policy effects. Adopting a mechanistic perspective, it identifies the causal processes that activate policy effects and help achieve policy goals. Bringing together established and emerging scholars in the field, Making Policies Work introduces new concepts of first- and second- order policy mechanisms developed from epistemological and theoretical...
Policy design efforts are often hampered by an inadequate understanding of how policy tools and actions promote effective policies. This book addresse...
The growing intensity and complexity of public service has spurred policy reform efforts across the globe, many featuring attempts to promote more collaborative government. Collaboration in Public Service Delivery sheds light on these efforts, analysing and reconceptualising the major types of collaboration in public service delivery through a governance lens. Featuring careful analysis with a global scope, this book unpacks the concept of collaborative service delivery and its practice, drawing from the fields of public policy, public administration, and management. Chapters by leading...
The growing intensity and complexity of public service has spurred policy reform efforts across the globe, many featuring attempts to promote more col...
The growing intensity and complexity of public service has spurred policy reform efforts across the globe, many featuring attempts to promote more collaborative government. Collaboration in Public Service Delivery sheds light on these efforts, analysing and reconceptualising the major types of collaboration in public service delivery through a governance lens. Featuring careful analysis with a global scope, this book unpacks the concept of collaborative service delivery and its practice, drawing from the fields of public policy, public administration, and management. Chapters by leading...
The growing intensity and complexity of public service has spurred policy reform efforts across the globe, many featuring attempts to promote more col...
