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Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management


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The study and practice of public management has undergone profound changes across the world. Over the last quarter century, we have seen

  • the increasing criticism of public administration as the over-arching framework for the provision of public services
  • the rise (and critical appraisal) of the ‘New Public Management’ as an emergent paradigm for the provision of public services
  • the transformation of the ‘public sector’ into the cross-sectoral provision of public services
  • the growth of the governance of inter-organizational relationships as an essential element in the provision of public services

In reality these trends have not so much replaced each other as elided or co-existed together – the public policy process has not gone away as a legitimate topic of study, intra-organizational management continues to be essential to the efficient provision of public services, whist the governance of inter-organizational and inter-sectoral relationships is now essential to the effective provision of these services.

This series is dedicated to presenting and critiquing this important body of theory and empirical study. It will publish books that both explore and evaluate the emergent and developing nature of public administration, management and governance (in theory and practice) and examine the relationship with and contribution to the over-arching disciplines of management and organizational sociology. Books in the series will be of interest to academics and researchers in this field, students undertaking advanced studies, and reflective policy makers and practitioners.

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Social Equity and Public Management Theory A Global Outlook

Social Equity and Public Management Theory: A Global Outlook

1st Edition

Forthcoming

Edited By Kimberly Wiley, Sarah Young, Denita Cepiku
June 27, 2024

Social equity is a pillar of public service. Thus, social equity should be a central concern in public management in practice and scholarship. However, widespread incorporation and reflection of social equity practices in government and the anticipated public benefits still seem like an elusive ...

Pandemics and Public Value Management

Pandemics and Public Value Management

1st Edition

By Usman W. Chohan
January 29, 2024

Widespread crisis-events such as pandemics can impose an immense strain on societies’ multi-stakeholder efforts to preserve and sustain the mechanisms of public value (PV) creation. The global coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic exemplifies this because it has pushed civil society, public managers, ...

Strategic Management and Governance Strategy Execution Around the World

Strategic Management and Governance: Strategy Execution Around the World

1st Edition

By Paul Joyce
January 29, 2024

This book is an investigation into the evolving nature and consequences of strategic management in public governance. It is prompted by the practical as well as the academic interest in the application of strategic management to public governance and to the public sector. The main features of this ...

Public Value and the Post-Pandemic Society

Public Value and the Post-Pandemic Society

1st Edition

By Usman W. Chohan
July 07, 2023

The destruction of the Covid-19 pandemic has marked every society with deep-seated wounds whose scars have only begun to heal. Yet, even as societies take their first steps away from the trauma of the pandemic, they confront new and perhaps equally daunting challenges in the post-Covid era. These ...

Risk Management and Public Service Reform Changing Governance and Funding Structures within School Education Services

Risk Management and Public Service Reform: Changing Governance and Funding Structures within School Education Services

1st Edition

By Iniobong Enang
April 28, 2023

School education reform is a dynamic process. It takes place in the context of changing institutional structures including society, economy, politics, legislation, and technology. Yet, there can be poor awareness of risk, particularly social risk, and its management during this process and more ...

Global Risk Management The Role of Collective Cognition in Response to COVID-19

Global Risk Management: The Role of Collective Cognition in Response to COVID-19

1st Edition

Edited By Louise K. Comfort, Mary Lee Rhodes
September 09, 2022

The rise and spread of Covid-19 in the beginning of 2020 presents a once-in-a-century challenge and opportunity for decision makers, managers, scholars, and citizens to understand the risks, mitigate its impact and prepare for future crises. Drawing on a global network of scholars, this book ...

Civic Engagement, Community-Based Initiatives and Governance Capacity An International Perspective

Civic Engagement, Community-Based Initiatives and Governance Capacity: An International Perspective

1st Edition

Edited By Jurian Edelenbos, Astrid Molenveld, Ingmar van Meerkerk
August 01, 2022

This book intends to theoretically conceptualize and empirically investigate upcoming and established practices of community-based initiatives in various countries in which both citizens and governments join efforts and capacities to solve wicked issues. It aims to include and compare cases from ...

Public Service Logic Creating Value for Public Service Users, Citizens, and Society Through Public Service Delivery

Public Service Logic: Creating Value for Public Service Users, Citizens, and Society Through Public Service Delivery

1st Edition

By Stephen Osborne
April 29, 2022

This book is based upon and extends the theoretical and empirical work of the author over the last decade. It integrates material deriving from his previous conceptual and empirical work in this field, together with new empirical evidence from emerging research.  Public Service Logic ...

Reimagining Public Managers Delivering Public Value

Reimagining Public Managers: Delivering Public Value

1st Edition

By Usman W. Chohan
April 29, 2022

Public value theory speaks to the co-creation of value between politicians, citizens, and public managers, with a focus on the public manager in terms of her contributions, initiatives, and limitations in value creation. But just who are public managers? Public value regularly treats the "public ...

Governing the Reformed University

Governing the Reformed University

1st Edition

Edited By Niels Ejersbo, Carsten Greve, Signe Pihl-Thingvad
December 02, 2019

Universities are important public institutions and are seen as key drivers for a country’s economic and intellectual development. Their ability to deliver relevant research and education at the highest level have an impact on growth and progress in society, and governments attempt to control and ...

Collaborative Governance for Local Economic Development Lessons from Countries around the World

Collaborative Governance for Local Economic Development: Lessons from Countries around the World

1st Edition

Edited By Denita Cepiku, So Hee Jeon, David K. Jesuit
November 08, 2019

Although collaborations for local and regional economic development have been popular in recent years, it is not yet wholly clear when or how such efforts bring successful outcomes. Using an integrative conceptual framework for collaborative governance, this innovative collection provides a ...

Networks and Collaboration in the Public Sector Essential research approaches, methodologies and analytic tools

Networks and Collaboration in the Public Sector: Essential research approaches, methodologies and analytic tools

1st Edition

Edited By Joris Voets, Robyn Keast, Christopher Koliba
August 19, 2019

Networks and other collaborations are central to the public sector’s ability to respond to their diverse responsibilities, from international development and regional governance, to policy development and service provision. Great strides have been made toward understanding their formation, ...

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