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| Author | : Thom Reilly |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 209 |
| Release | : 2014-12-18 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1317460847 |
Designed as a comprehensive overview of public sector compensation, the book addresses strategies for change, with the author warning that failure of the profession to address this issue will ultimately lead to citizens taking matters in their own hands. The author's issues-oriented approach addresses his core messagethat the escalation of public sector compensation is impacting the ability of government to meet its core responsibility and the failure of government to address this has serious consequences. Not just a critique, it presents context, analysis, and suggestions for reform.
| Author | : Lewis, Mervyn K. |
| Publisher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 2021-08-27 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1789906407 |
Public private partnerships (PPPs) have been a controversial approach to procuring public infrastructure services. Against a background of recent trenchant criticism of PPPs, Mervyn K. Lewis, a leading scholar in the area, re-examines their utility. He questions what PPPs can and cannot do, why governments choose this route and whether PPPs can ever be good value for money.
| Author | : John Alford |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 2012-06-25 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1137007249 |
Winner of the 2014 Academy of Management Public-Nonprofit (PNP) Division Best Book Award Many public services today are delivered by external service providers such as private firms and voluntary organizations. These new ways of working – including contracting, partnering, client co-production, inter-governmental collaboration and volunteering – pose challenges for public management. This major new text assesses the ways in which public sector organizations can improve their services and outcomes by making full use of the alternative ways of getting things done.
| Author | : Devesh Kapur |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 435 |
| Release | : 2018-02-16 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0199091285 |
While a growing private sector and a vibrant civil society can help compensate for the shortcomings of India’s public sector, the state is—and will remain—indispensable in delivering basic governance. In Rethinking Public Institutions in India, distinguished political and economic thinkers critically assess a diverse array of India’s core federal institutions, from the Supreme Court and Parliament to the Election Commission and the civil services. Relying on interdisciplinary approaches and decades of practitioner experience, this volume interrogates the capacity of India’s public sector to navigate the far-reaching transformations the country is experiencing. An insightful introduction to the functioning of Indian democracy, it offers a roadmap for carrying out fundamental reforms that will be necessary for India to build a reinvigorated state for the twenty-first century.
| Author | : David A. McDonald |
| Publisher | : Zed Books Ltd. |
| Total Pages | : 166 |
| Release | : 2014-04-10 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1783600209 |
After three decades of privatization and anti-state rhetoric, government ownership and public management are back in vogue. This book explores this rapidly growing trend towards ‘corporatization’ - public enterprises owned and operated by the state, with varying degrees of autonomy. If sometimes driven by neoliberal agendas, there exist examples of corporatization that could herald a brighter future for equity-oriented public services. Drawing on original case studies from Asia, Africa and Latin America, this book critically examines the histories, structures, ideologies and social impacts of corporatization in the water and electricity sectors, interrogating the extent to which it can move beyond commercial goals to deliver progressive public services. The first collection of its kind, Rethinking Corporatization and Public Services in the Global South offers rich empirical insight and theoretical depth into what has become one of the most important public policy shifts for essential services in the global South.
| Author | : Rajiv Prabhakar |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 2017-09-16 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0230211151 |
In this important new text, Rajiv Prabhakar reviews the evidence for different models of public services arguing that a combination of state, market and civil society provision is essential in the 21st century and drawing out the implications for different contexts, services and forms of provision.
| Author | : Anna Coote |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 84 |
| Release | : 2020-02-13 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1509539840 |
The idea that healthcare and education should be provided as universal public services to all who need them is widely accepted. But why leave it there? Why not expand it to more of life’s essentials? In their bold new book, Anna Coote and Andrew Percy argue that this transformational new policy – Universal Basic Services – is exactly what we need to save our societies and our planet. The old argument that free markets and individual choice are the best way to solve pressing problems of poverty, inequality and environmental degradation has led us to catastrophe, and must be abandoned. The authors show that expanding the principle of collective universal service provision to everyday essentials like transport, childcare and housing is not only the best way of tackling many of the biggest problems facing the contemporary world: it’s also efficient, practical and affordable. Anyone who cares about fighting for a fairer, greener and more democratic world should read this book.
| Author | : Dr Kevin Moloney |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 327 |
| Release | : 2002-09-11 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1134603576 |
PR is a £2.3 billion UK industry with up to 50,000 jobs, a poor reputation and yet a pervasive influence on politics and markets. Historically, it has been mostly weak propaganda and market boosterism, yet it escapes sustained academic scrutiny. This topical book analyzes all aspects of public relations, challenging accepted views and examining the industry’s position as a whole. The author argues that PR needs reform because it will not go away, and because it continues to grow. Incorporating the latest facts and figures, this analysis for advanced students of business and PR provides a fresh approach to a significant contemporary subject.
| Author | : Olivier Blanchard |
| Publisher | : MIT Press |
| Total Pages | : 313 |
| Release | : 2021-02-02 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0262045613 |
Leading economists and policymakers consider what economic tools are most effective in reversing the rise in inequality. Economic inequality is the defining issue of our time. In the United States, the wealth share of the top 1% has risen from 25% in the late 1970s to around 40% today. The percentage of children earning more than their parents has fallen from 90% in the 1940s to around 50% today. In Combating Inequality, leading economists, many of them current or former policymakers, bring good news: we have the tools to reverse the rise in inequality. In their discussions, they consider which of these tools are the most effective at doing so.
| Author | : OECD |
| Publisher | : OECD Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 242 |
| Release | : 2009-10-02 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9264059415 |
The report gives a broad description of the shift in governments' focus on e-government development – from a government-centric to a user-centric approach. It gives a comprehensive overview of challenges to user take-up of e-government services in OECD countries and ways of improving them.
