Re-imagining government
Subtitle: public leadership and management in challenging times
By: Barry Quirk
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780230314412; 9780230314429
Subjects: Public administration; Political planning; Decision making; Political leadership
Description: "In an age of austerity, public leaders and managers face a range of external challenges - fiscal, social and political. Combining theoretical insight, empirical commentary and practical experience, this book examines how democratic political systems work and how public decisions are made - and how they could be made better"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction; title: If Men Were Angels: Why We Need to Re-Imagine and Renew Government; title: Jumping to Conclusions: Public Interest, Public Value, Public Reason; title: Finding Common Cause: Cooperation, Community and the Commons; title: Deciding in a Democracy: Revealing Public Preferences and Balancing Biases; title: The Geography of Governing: the Plurality of People, the Uniqueness of Places; title: Results-Driven Government: Leading and Managing for Public Purpose; title: Risky Business: Dealing with Dangers, Hazards and Harms; title: The Crunch and the Big Squeeze: From Private Recession to Public Retrenchment; title: Better, Quicker, Cheaper: How to Reduce the Cost of Government; title: Conclusion.