Public Management and Performance: Research Directions

by George A. Boyne, Gene A. Brewer, Richard M. Walker

Book Overview

Public services touch the majority of people in advanced and developing economies on a daily basis: children require schooling, the elderly need personal care and assistance, rubbish needs collecting, water must be safe to drink and the streets need policing. In short, there is practically no area of our lives that isn't touched in some way by public services. As such, knowledge about strategies to improve their performance is central to the good...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110741167X
• ISBN13: 9781107411678
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"