Public Sector: Conceptual Models and Approaches (Third Edition)

Author: [British] Jan-Lane Ryan
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: As a highly successful textbook, Public Sector: Concepts, Models, and Approaches introduces readers to the main concepts, models, and pathways of the public sector in its third edition. 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 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 offers a thorough comparison of the logical relationship between the traditional "Administrative State" and the new "Managerial State" before systematically introducing the basic ideas of New Public Management. Public Sector: Concepts, Models, and Approaches is an exceptionally 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.