Public Management Reform: A Comparative Analysis - Into the Age of Austerity
Since
the third edition of this authoritative volume, most of Western Europe
and North America have entered an era of austerity which has pervasive
effects on programmes of public management reform. Even in Australasia
extensive measures of fiscal restraint have been implemented.
In this
fourth edition the basic structure of the book has been retained but
there has been a line-by-line rewriting, including the addition of
extensive analyses and information about the impacts of austerity. Many
new sources are cited and there is a new exploration of the interactions
between austerity and the major paradigms of reform - NPM, the
Neo-Weberian State and New Public Governance.
The existing
strengths of the previous editions have been retained while vital new
material on developments since the Global Economic Crisis has been
added. This remains the most authoritative, comprehensive, widely-cited
academic text on public management reform in Europe, North America and
Australasia.
