The book examines two elements, place and technology, that are under-researched in the public management literature. It shows how basic public services both shape and are shaped by the specifics of places and technological change by bringing together a wide range of theory and internationally comparative empirical material.
The book examines two elements, place and technology, that are under-researched in the public management literature. It shows how basic public services both shape and are shaped by the specifics of places and technological change by bringing together a wide range of theory and internationally comparative empirical material.
Christopher Pollitt is Research Professor of Public Management at the Public Management Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He is author of more than 60 scientific articles and author or editor of more than a dozen scholarly books, including Managerialism and the Public Services, The Essential Public Manager, Public Management Reform: A Comparative Analysis (with Geert Bouckaert - third edition), and Time, Policy, Management. He has also undertaken extensive consultancy and advice work for a wide variety of organizations, including the European Commission, the OECD, the World Bank, H.M Treasury, the Finnish Ministry of Finance, the Dutch Ministry of the Interior, and the Danish Top Executives Forum. From 1980-1989 he was editor of Public Administration and since 2006 he has been editor-in-chief of the International Review of Administrative Sciences.
Inhaltsangabe
1: Introduction: Where is the Government? 2: Theories of Place and Technology: a Review 3: Placeshifts: Technologies and the Scale of Change 4: Governments as Placemakers: Modalities and Effects 5: Capital Flight - Moving Out from the Big City 6: Save our Hospital! 7: Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Identities 8: The Police 9: Discussion and Conclusions Annex A: Technology, Place and Task (TPT): Brief Summary of a Research Programme
1: Introduction: Where is the Government? 2: Theories of Place and Technology: a Review 3: Placeshifts: Technologies and the Scale of Change 4: Governments as Placemakers: Modalities and Effects 5: Capital Flight - Moving Out from the Big City 6: Save our Hospital! 7: Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Identities 8: The Police 9: Discussion and Conclusions Annex A: Technology, Place and Task (TPT): Brief Summary of a Research Programme
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