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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “tom entwistle”
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  • Public Management

    A Research Overview

    by Tom Entwistle ...
    Series series State of the Art in Business Research
    Public Management: A Research Overview provides a structured survey of the state of the art of public management research. Looking at the enduring themes of bureaucracy, autonomy, markets and collaboration, each chapter introduces key foundational studies before reviewing contemporary research. Although originally intended to maximise efficiency, work on bureaucracy points to the problems of red ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Public Service Efficiency

    Reframing the Debate

    by Rhys Andrews, Tom Entwistle ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management
    The current economic and political climate places ever greater pressure on public organizations to deliver services in a cost-efficient way. Focused on the costs of service delivery, governments across the world have introduced a series of business like practices – from performance management to public-private partnership – in the belief that these will increase the efficiency of their public ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

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  • The Political Economy of Public Sector Governance

    by Anthony Michael Bertelli ...
    In The Political Economy of Public Sector Governance, Anthony Michael Bertelli introduces core ideas in positive political theory as they apply to public management and policy. Though recent literature that mathematically models relationships between politicians and public managers provides insight into contemporary public administration, the technical way these works present information limits ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships

    Decision, Management and Development

    by Carlos Oliveira Cruz, Rui Cunha Marques ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Economic development and social welfare depend on the existence of effective and efficient infrastructure systems, particularly in health, energy, transportation and water, many of which are developed and managed through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). However, empirical evidence suggests some pitfalls in the use of these PPP arrangements.This book addresses these issues, focusing on mostly ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Balancing Control and Flexibility in Public Budgeting

    A New Role for Rule Variability

    by Michael Di Francesco, John Alford ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This work explores how reshaping budget rules and how they are applied presents a preferred means of public sector budgeting, rather than simply implementing fewer rules. Through enhanced approaches to resource flexibility, government entities can ensure that public money is used appropriately while achieving the desired results.The authors identify public budgeting practices that inhibit ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Fiscal Tiers (Routledge Revivals)

    The Economics of Multi-Level Government

    by David King ...
    First published in 1984. This book brings together and develops the economic theory relating to the design and operation of systems of non-central government — positing major developments in several areas. It considers what functions systems most suitably perform in non-central governments, and their appropriate size and structure. How these authorities might finance themselves — by taxes, charges ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Financing the EU Budget

    Moving Forward or Backwards?

    by Gabriele Cipriani ...
    Often described as complex, opaque and unfair, the EU budget financing system is an “unfinished journey.” One of the most critical issues is that EU revenue, drawn from the cashbox of national taxation, remains impalpable to the general public.The nature of the EU as a union of states and their nationals makes the visibility of EU revenue unavoidable. The political sustainability of a move that ... Read more

    $28.19 USD

  • Governing Metropolitan Transport

    Institutional Solutions for Policy Problems

    by Simone Busetti ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book investigates the link between institutions and public policies with specific reference to transport. It opens by examining the main arguments for the establishment of metropolitan transport authorities. The potential impacts of institutional change on the policy efficiency of institutions are then examined. Key problems for institutional designers are identified, showing how they can ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Minister of Finance Incorporated

    Ownership and Control of Corporate Malaysia

    by Edmund Terence Gomez, Thirshalar Padmanabhan, Norfaryanti Kamaruddin, Sunil Bhalla, Fikri Fisal ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This is a study of Malaysia’s new political economy, with a focus on ownership and control of the corporate sector. It offers a pioneering assessment of government-linked investment companies (GLICs), a type of state-owned institution that has long prevailed in the corporate sector but has not been analysed. Malaysia’s history of government-business ties is unique, while the nature of the nexuses ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Managing Reality

    Accountability and the Miasma of Private and Public Domains

    by Cheryl R. Lehman ...
    Series Book 16 - Advances in Public Interest Accounting
    Accounting's contribution to reality construction is envisioned in this volume of critical research, examining accounting's role in contemporary issues: ethics, sustainability, financial instability, post SOX legislation, education, and performance appraisals to name a few. Do CEOs manage rather than reveal environmental liabilities in their never-ending quest for reporting earnings? Under the ... Read more

    $136.19 USD

  • Public Sector Enterprises in India

    The Impact of Disinvestment and Self Obligation on Financial Performance

    by P.K. Jain, Seema Gupta, Surendra S. Yadav ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The book examines the various aspects of non-financial central public sector enterprises (PSEs) in India, for a period from 1986-87 to 2010-11. The analysis is based on all the key financial ratios; namely, profitability, efficiency, liquidity, leverage and productivity.Liberalization and globalization have caused competition in India and have lowered the profit margins. At the same time, Indian ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Public Policy, Governance and Polarization

    Making Governance Work

    Edited by David K. Jesuit, Russell Alan Williams ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management
    Polarization is widely diagnosed as a major cause of the decline of evidence-based policy making and public engagement-based styles of policy making. It creates an environment where hardened partisan viewpoints on major policy questions are less amenable to negotiation, compromise or change. Polarization is not a temporary situation – it is the “new normal.”Public Policy, Governance and ... Read more

    $62.99 USD