Policy in Action: The Challenge of Service Delivery - Brossura

Wanna, John; Butcher, John; Freyens, Benoit

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1921410728 ISBN 13: 9781921410727

Casa editrice: Univ of New South Wales, 2009

Riassunto

A valuable guide to the debates and choices to be made in the delivery of public services. The authors have achieved a rare combination of a thorough and thoughtful review of the literature and strongly expressed views. Essential reading for both students and practitioners trying to make sense of the `service delivery state'. Norman Flynn, Director, Centre for Financial and Management Studies, University of London

Modern governments have undergone significant change over the past 30 years. Such change has impacted on the way governments structure their organisations, deliver services and relate to their citizenry.

Policy in Action is the first book to present a cogent analysis of the history, promise and prospects of the service delivery state. Applying a unique blend of political science, applied economics and experience drawn from policy practice, the authors chart the evolution of government service delivery and examine the principal influences on, and practical expressions of, public policy formulations across a variety of domains.

The text is rich in insight, broad in scope and generously illustrated with case histories from Australia and overseas. It offers important insights on the conceptual and practical dimensions of public policy formulation, the determination of strategies for intervention, and the design and programs and services. It is an essential resouro researchers, policy practitioners and students of across a range of disciplines.

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Informazioni sull?autore

John Wanna is the Australian and New Zealand School of Government (ANZOG) Foundation Professor of the Sir John Bunting Chair of Public Administration based at the Australian National University. He is a professor of public policy at Griffith University and has coauthored, edited, and contributed to a number of books and articles on comparative politics, public policy, and public sector budgeting and finance. John Butcher has worked as a policy practitioner chiefly in the areas of disability and housing policy. He manages production of the ANZSOG monograph series published by ANU E Press at the Research School for Social Sciences at the Australian National University, Benoît Freyens is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Research School of Social Science at the Australian National University and is a former technical expert for the European Statistical Office (Eurostat) in Luxembourg as well as a former lecturer in economics at Deakin University and University of New South Wales.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of New South Wales
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1921410728
• ISBN 13: 9781921410727
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 321
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile