The Global Public Management Revolution: A Report on the Transference of Governance

Over the last quarter century, governments around the world have launched ambitious efforts to reform how they manage their programs. Citizens have demanded smaller, cheaper, more effective governments. They have also asked for more programs and better services. To resolve this paradox, governments have experimented with scores of ideas to be more productive, improve performance, and reduce costs. In this new edition of T he Global Public Management Revolution, Donald F. Kettl charts the basic models of reform that are being employed worldwide. Reviewing the standard strategies and tactics behind these reforms, Kettl identifies six common core ideas: the search for greater productivity; more public reliance on private markets; a stronger orientation toward service; more decentralization from national to subnational governments; increased capacity to devise and track public policy; and tactics to enhance accountability for results. Kettl predicts that reform and reinvention will likely become mantras for governments of all stripes. Ultimately, this strategy means coupling the reform impulse with governance—government's increasingly important relationship with civil society and the institutions that shape modern life. 001......Page 1 002......Page 2 003......Page 3 004......Page 4 005......Page 5 006......Page 6 007......Page 7 008......Page 8 009......Page 9 010......Page 10 011......Page 11 012......Page 12 013......Page 13 014......Page 14 015......Page 15 016......Page 16 017......Page 17 018......Page 18 019......Page 19 020......Page 20 021......Page 21 022......Page 22 023......Page 23 024......Page 24 025......Page 25 026......Page 26 027......Page 27 028......Page 28 029......Page 29 030......Page 30 031......Page 31 032......Page 32 033......Page 33 034......Page 34 035......Page 35 036......Page 36 037......Page 37 038......Page 38 039......Page 39 040......Page 40 041......Page 41 042......Page 42 043......Page 43 044......Page 44 045......Page 45 046......Page 46 047......Page 47 048......Page 48 049......Page 49 050......Page 50 051......Page 51 052......Page 52 053......Page 53 054......Page 54 055......Page 55 056......Page 56 057......Page 57 058......Page 58 059......Page 59 060......Page 60 061......Page 61 062......Page 62 063......Page 63 064......Page 64 065......Page 65 066......Page 66 067......Page 67 068......Page 68 069......Page 69 070......Page 70 071......Page 71 072......Page 72 073......Page 73 074......Page 74 075......Page 75 076......Page 76 077......Page 77 078......Page 78 079......Page 79 080......Page 80 081......Page 81 082......Page 82 083......Page 83 084......Page 84 085......Page 85 086......Page 86 087......Page 87 088......Page 88 089......Page 89 090......Page 90 091......Page 91 092......Page 92 093......Page 93 094......Page 94 095......Page 95 096......Page 96 097......Page 97 098......Page 98 099......Page 99 100......Page 100 101......Page 101 102......Page 102 103......Page 103 104......Page 104 105......Page 105 106......Page 106 107......Page 107 108......Page 108 109......Page 109 110......Page 110 111......Page 111 112......Page 112 113......Page 113 114......Page 114 115......Page 115 116......Page 116 117......Page 117

Over the past quarter century, governments around the world have launched ambitious efforts to reform the way they manage. Citizens have demanded smaller, cheaper, more effective governments while asking for more programs and better services. To resolve this paradox, governments are experimenting with many ideas to improve performance and production and to reduce costs. In this new edition of The Global Public Management Revolution, Donald F. Kettl charts the basic models of reform being employed worldwide.

Reviewing the standard strategies and tactics behind these reforms, the book identifies six common core ideas: greater productivity, more public reliance on private markets, a stronger service orientation, devolution to subnational government, increased capacity to formulate and evaluate policy, and enhanced accountability.

Kettl predicts that reform and reinvention will likely become mantras for governments of all stripes. Ultimately, this means coupling the reform impulse with governance--government's increasingly important relationship with civil society and the institutions that shape modern life.

Canadian Public Administration

A highly readable argument that good governance is a necessary condition for economic prosperity and social cohesion.

"Explores the current models of government reform across the world, examining the basic tool kit of reformers and probing the underlying issues of government management and the puzzles of governance in the twenty-first century, with special focus on New Zealand and the United States"--Provided by publisher. Since the 1980s, a remarkable movement to reform public management has swept the globe.