Public Sector: Concepts, Models, and Approaches (Third Edition): Concepts, Models, and Approaches

Author: Lane
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: As a highly successful textbook, the third edition of The Public Sector: Concepts, Models, and Approaches introduces readers to the main concepts, models, and avenues of the public sector. As a comprehensive revision, this edition includes content related to New Public Management. The public sector is typically introduced through three frameworks: public resource allocation, income redistribution, and macroeconomic regulation. Jan-Lane explains each fundamental concept within this broad field and further examines the outcomes of various approaches to formulating and implementing public policies. The book provides an in-depth analysis of various management models, issues of effectiveness and efficiency, and evaluates the contributions of numerous research approaches, including: the public choice and new institutional economics approach, organizational theory, normative decision-making models, and the expanded fiscal federalism theory in this edition. The book retains the chapters on public sector reform from the previous two editions and provides a detailed comparison between the traditional "Administrative State" and the new "Managerial State" before systematically introducing the basic ideas of New Public Management. The Public Sector: Concepts, Models, and Approaches is the most comprehensive textbook on public policy and public administration. It is an indispensable reference for all students of political science, public policy, public administration, and public management.