Thought provoking perspectives on attempts to change government.
The public service has changed more dramatically during the past several decades than ever before. Reviewing these changes, Comparative Administration Change and Reform presents contributions from top international experts on public management and public administration to provide a global assessment of reform and the lessons governments can learn from previous policies.
Providing important insights into the origins of policy ideas, the qualities and capabilities of leaders, the nature and challenges of large organizational changes, and the complexity of efforts to evaluate the outcomes of reform, the contributors consider aspects of public administration reform in countries such as Canada, Thailand, Mexico, and China as well as the ways in which changes have been shaped by global forces, national values, traditions, and culture. An invaluable work for understanding the new challenges faced by the governments around the world, Comparative Administration Change and Reform offers a clear analysis of both the successes and failures of reform and should be read by anyone interested in politics, administration, and public sector reform.
Contributors include Geert Bouckaert (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Bidhya Bowornwathana (Chulalongkorn University), John P. Burns (The University of Hong Kong), John Halligan (University of Canberra), Christopher Hood (Oxford University), Patricia Ingraham (Binghamton University), Helen Margetts (Oxford University), Joséa Luis Méndez (El Colegio de México), Johan P. Olsen (University of Oslo), Jon Pierre (University of Gothenburg), Christopher Pollitt (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Donald J. Savoie (Université de Moncton), Alberta M. Sbragia (University of Pittsburgh), and Ian Thynne (Charles Darwin University, Australis).