TRANSCENDING NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT: THE TRANSFORMATION OF PUBLIC SECTOR REFORMS; ED. BY TOM CHRISTENSEN

Following on from the success of the editors' previous book, "New Public Management: The Transformation of Ideas and Practice", which examined the public reform process up to the end of the last decade, this new volume draws on this previous knowledge both theoretically and empirically. It includes and contrasts with the post-new public management reform development in Denmark, Norway and Sweden and with Australia and New Zealand. In addition to new contributing authors, many of the contributors to the first volume also appear in this volume making it an ideal follow up and a must for courses and libraries that are currently using the earlier book. This book is an important contribution to the study of public administration and particularly to the reform of public management. Comprehensive and analytical, this volume provides an integrating framework for analysis. This Work Is An Important Contribution To The Study Of Public Administration And Particularly To The Reform Of Public Management. Comprehensive And Analytical, It Provides An Integrating Framework For Analysis. Introduction-theoretical Approach And Research Questions / Tom Christensen And Per Lægreid -- Still Fragmented Government Or Reassertion Of The Centre? / Tom Christensen, Amund Lie And Per Lægreid -- Reform Design And Performance In Australia And New Zealand / John Halligan -- Types Of State Organizations: Arguments, Doctrines And Chanes Beyond New Public Management / Paul G. Roness -- Convergence And Standardization In Telecommunications Regulation: Trajectories Of Change And Reform In The Asian Pacific Regulatory State / Martin Painter -- Organizing Immigration-a Comparison Of New Zealand And Norway / Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid And Richard Norman -- Central Banking Reform Across The World: Only By Night Are All Cats Grey / Martin Marcussen -- Quests For Transparency: Signs Of A New Institutional Era In The Health Care Field / Maria Blombren And Kerstin Sahlin -- Public-private Partnerships: A Comparative Perspective On Victoria And Denmark / Carsten Greve And Graeme Hodge -- (the Difficult Art Of) Outsourcing Welfare Services: Experiences From Sweden And New Zealand / Anders Forssell And Per Lægreid -- New Public Management And The Ghost Of Max Weber: Exorcized Or Still Haunting? / Robert Gregory. Edited By Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [245]-277) And Indexes.

Following on from the success of the editors' previous book, New Public Management: The Transformation of Ideas and Practice, which examined the public reform process up to the end of the last decade, this new volume draws on the previous knowledge both theoretically and empirically. It examines and debates the post-new public management reform development in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand.

The ideal follow-up to the previous volume, this book includes many of the same contributors in addition to some fresh voices, and is a must for anyone looking for an integrated framework of analysis. Comprehensive and analytical, it is an important contribution to the study of public administration and particularly to the reform of public management.

Following on from the success of the editors' previous book, New Public Management: The Transformation of Ideas and Practice, which examined the public reform process up to the end of the last decade, this new volume draws on the previous knowledge both theoretically and empirically. It examines and debates the post-new public management reform development in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand. The ideal follow-up to the previous volume, this book includes many of the same contributors in addition to some fresh voices, and is a must for anyone looking for an integrated framework of analysis. Comprehensive and analytical, it is an important contribution to the study of public administration and particularly to the reform of public management. The ideal follow-up to the editors' previous book, New Public Management: The Transformation of Ideas and Practice, this new volume draws on the previous knowledge both theoretically and empirically to examine and debate the post-new public management reform development in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand