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020			_a9781784712310 _cP 70.00
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100			_aPollitt, Christopher _eauthor _911652
245		0	_aAdvanced introduction to public management and administration / _cChristopher Pollitt
260			_aCheltenham, UK : _bEdward Elgar Publishing, _c2016.
300			_axvi, 170 pages ; _c23 cm.
365			_bP 70.00
440			_aElgar advanced introductions. _9338
505			_a1. What kind of a subject is public management/public administration? -- The aims of this book -- The nature of the beast -- Public management and public administration -- Public management, private management, generic management? -- What kind of theories and methods are used in PM? -- Where does academic PM come from? -- What is PM about? -- Why study it? -- Key reading -- The layout of the rest of the book -- 2. Theory -- Foreword: ontologies and epistemologies -- The plan of the chapter -- Theory, concepts and description: why theory is so important, but not all important -- "Big name" theories -- Some big name theories: 1. neo-institutionalism -- Some big name theories: 2. rational choice and principal-agent theory -- Some big name theories: 3. governance theories -- Small theories -- Theories with no name -- Post-modernism in PM -- Time, change, stability and public management -- Contexts -- Personal footnote -- Key reading -- 3. Methods and approaches -- Introduction -- Designing research -- Quantitative versus qualitative? -- A menu of methods -- Literature reviews -- Statistical analysis -- Surveys -- Interviews -- Case studies -- Textual analysis -- Comparisons -- Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) -- Access, time and some other practicalities -- Concluding observations -- Further reading -- 4. The public management community -- Introduction -- The PM diaspora -- Measuring the performance of PM academics -- Engagement with the world of practice -- A community in flux? -- Key reading -- 5. The relationship with practice -- Introduction -- Why do practitioners want academic advice? -- So what kinds of knowledge can academics offer that might be useful to practitioners? -- Rules of engagement for PM academics working with practitioners -- Final observations -- 6. Current and future issues ("megatrends") -- Introduction -- What are academics currently focusing on? -- External "megatrends" -- Fiscal austerity -- Technological change -- Demographic change -- Climate change -- Interactions -- Concluding observations -- Further reading -- 7. Public management in interesting times -- Back to the future -- Final words.
520			_aIn this Advanced Introduction, Christopher Pollitt starts a penetrating account of the theories, methods and possible trajectories of the study of public management, also examining the academic community itself, and its relationship to the world of practice. There is no more authoritative - or lively - text of such scope and focus. -- from back cover.
650			_aPublic administration. _911653
901			_a17659 _b30-01-2018
902			_a3458 _b08-02-2018 _cF _dGBH _e35
903			_aDiscount-20 _bReqst by : Alka Dhameja
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