Public Sector Management Theory, Critique and Practice [Paperback]

Drawing together key contributions to the field, this innovative Reader provides a broad-ranging overview of both the theory and practice of public service management. The book: outlines the social, political and economic contexts in which management has emerged as a crucial issue in the public sector of modern democratic countries; introduces the major theories, issues and concepts involved in defining and understanding public sector management; analyzes some of the key values underpinning the idea of the public domain; and examines some of the main challenges in terms of particular strategies, techniques and competences which have been proposed to improve management for public services.

Public Sector Management isDrawing together key contributions to the field, this innovative Reader provides a broad-ranging overview of both the theory and practice of public service management. The book: outlines the social, political and economic contexts in which management has emerged as a crucial issue in the public sector of modern democratic countries; introduces the major theories, issues and concepts involved in defining and understanding public sector management; analyzes some of the key values underpinning the idea of the public domain; and examines some of the main challenges in terms of particular strategies, techniques and competences which have been proposed to improve management for public services.

Public Sector Management isPART ONE: THE CONTEXT OF IDEAS
Introduction
Rationalism in Politics - Michael Oakeshott
Governmentality - Michel Foucault
Limited Government - John Gray
The Criterion of Efficiency - H Simon
Management in the Public Domain - John Stewart and Stewart Ranson
Professional Ethics, Government Agenda and Differential Information - Leonard Wrigley and David McKevittl#'