The International Handbook of Public Administration and Governance

Taking a comparative approach unmatched by any other book on this topic, this vital Handbook explores key questions around the ways in which public administration and governance challenges can be addressed by governments in an increasingly globalized world. World-leading experts explore contemporary issues of government and governance, as well as the relationship between civil society and the political class. The insights offered will allow policy makers and officials to explore options for policy making in a new and informed way.Adopting global perspectives of governance and public sector management, the Handbook includes scrutiny of current issues such as: public policy capacity, wicked policy problems, public sector reforms, the challenges of globalization and complexity management. Practitioners and scholars of public administration deliver a range of perspectives on the abiding wicked issues and challenges to delivering public services, and the way that delivery is structured. The Handbook uniquely provides international coverage of perspectives from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and Australia. Practitioners and scholars of public administration, public policy, public sector management and international relations will learn a great deal from this Handbook about the issues and structures of government and governance in an increasingly complex world. Contributors: J.T. Anagnoson, G. Andranovich, A. Badran, G. Bouckaert, R. Cameron, S.S. Cankar, G.M. Cejudo, D. Curry, W. Drechsler, R.C. Gomes, J. Halligan, G. Hammerschmid, B.W. Head, S. Jilke, K. Johnston, A. Massey, D. Mctavish, J. O'Flynn, V. Petkovcek, R. Pyper, R.A.W Rhodes, D.J. Savoie, L. Secchi, A. Tiernan, K.K. Tummala, S. Van De Walle, Z. Zhu

Table of Contents:
Contents: Introduction Andrew Massey PART 1: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE: CONCEPTS AND CONTESTABILITIES 1. Public Administation, Public Management and Governance Robert Pyper 2. Governance: A Typology and Some Challenges Geert Bouckaert 3. Governance: If Governance is Everything, Maybe it’s Nothing Perri 6 4. Executive Governance and its Puzzles R.A.W Rhodes and Anne Tiernan 5. Paradigms of Non-Western Public Administration and Governance Wolfgang Drechsler PARTII INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE 6. Public Service Reform in South Africa: From Apartheid to New Public Management Robert Cameron 7. The Political Economy of Administrative Reforms in Egypt: Governance, Reforms and Challenges Ahmed Badran 8. The Canadian Public Service: In Search of a New Equlibrium Donald J. Savoie 9. Public Administration and Governance in the USA Greg Andranovich and J. Theodore Anagnoson 10. Public Administration in Brazil: Structure, Reforms, and Participation Ricardo Corrêa Gomes and Leonardo Secchi 11. Public Administration in Latin America: Adaption to a New Democratic Reality Guillermo M. Cejudo 12. Administrative Developments in India Krishna K. Tummala 13. The Tao of Governance: Public Administration Reform in China Zhichang Zhu 14. Capacity, Complexity and Public Sector Reform in Australia John Halligan 15. Australia: Building Policy Capacity for Managing Wicked Policy Problems Brian W. Head and Janine O’Flynn 16. The State and Perceptions of Public Sector Reform in Europe Dion Curry, Gerhard Hammerschmid, Sebastian Jilke and Steven Van De Walle 17. Government Challenges in Slovenia at a Time of Global Economic Crisis and Austerity Measures Stanka Setnikar Cankar and Veronika Petkovšek 18. United Kingdom: Government, Governance and Public Administration Complexity Duncan McTavish Conclusion Karen Johnston Index

About the Author :
Edited by Andrew Massey, Professor of Government, King's College London and Karen Johnston, Professor of Organisational Studies, Portsmouth Business School, University of Portsmouth, UK

Review :
‘It is about time for another Handbook, and Massey and Johnston have given us a good one. It is to be commended particularly for having avoided the Anglocentricity of some previous volumes. Eminent scholars line up to give us useful frameworks for thinking about governance, and mature analyses of current systems across the continents. An excellent addition to both library and classroom.’