Format:
Online-Ressource (449 p)
ISBN:
9780773521292
Content:
In Governance in the Twenty-first Century Canadian and international experts recognize both the difficulty of making predictions and the need to consider the future in order to prepare the public sector for new challenges. The authors' predictions and recommendations are anchored in a thorough understanding of contemporary public administration. They point out that not only have previous reforms made yet more change necessary and inevitable but that the purpose of these reforms is to attempt to return government to the position of respect and competence it enjoyed in the past.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION -- Introducing the Topic -- PART TWO: ROLE OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS -- Globalization, Institutions, and Governance -- Intergovernmental Relations and Democratic Citizenship -- How Do We Know How Good Public Services Are? -- PART THREE: RETHINKING THE BOUNDARIES -- Blurring the Public-Private Divide -- Relations Between Ministers/Politicians and Public Servants: Public Service Bargains Old and New -- Public Service in an Information Society -- The Dialectics of Accountability for Performance in Public Management Reform -- Organizing for Service Delivery: Criteria and Opportunities -- Externalities and Relationships: Rethinking the Boundaries of the Public Service -- PART FOUR: VISION OF PUBLIC SERVICE -- Managing at the Top -- Public Employment and the Future of the Public Service -- PART FIVE: CONCLUSION -- The Future of Reform.
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Description based upon print version of record
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""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""PART ONE: INTRODUCTION""; ""Introducing the Topic""; ""PART TWO: ROLE OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS""; ""Globalization, Institutions, and Governance""; ""Intergovernmental Relations and Democratic Citizenship""; ""How Do We Know How Good Public Services Are?""; ""PART THREE: RETHINKING THE BOUNDARIES""; ""Blurring the Public-Private Divide""; ""Relations Between Ministers/Politicians and Public Servants: Public Service Bargains Old and New""; ""Public Service in an Information Society""
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""The Dialectics of Accountability for Performance in Public Management Reform""""Organizing for Service Delivery: Criteria and Opportunities""; ""Externalities and Relationships: Rethinking the Boundaries of the Public Service""; ""PART FOUR: VISION OF PUBLIC SERVICE""; ""Managing at the Top""; ""Public Employment and the Future of the Public Service""; ""PART FIVE: CONCLUSION""; ""The Future of Reform""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780773568884
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780773521292
Additional Edition:
Print version Governance in the Twenty-first Century : Revitalizing the Public Service
Language:
English
Keywords:
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