Handbook of Public Administration Reform by Shaun F. Goldfinch Hardcover Book

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Reform is a politicized, ideological, sometimes drifting, and chaotic process. As such, what public administration reform means, why it occurs, whose interests it serves, and whether it makes the world a better place, remain contested. Addressing these questions, this major comparative study sheds new light on existing and emerging issues in the field of public administration reform.Through a global range of country-focused case studies, chapters look closely at the key strands of public administration reform, including bureaucratic models, new public management, post-new public management, big data, integrity, and human resources. Spanning the Anglo-Celtic democracies, Brazil, Central Europe, South Asia, and the developing countries of the South Pacific, they analyze how public sectors have been reformed in recent decades, what factors have contributed to this, and what we can learn from these reforms to achieve better governance in the future.Broad in scope and accessible in approach, this topical Handbook will be an invaluable resource to students and scholars of public administration and management and of policy and politics. With practical applications, it will also prove vital to policy-makers concerned with public administration reform, alongside relevant civil servants, think tanks, and pressure groups.

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Edited by Shaun Francis Goldfinch, Professor of International Studies, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China

Table of Contents

Contents:1 The challenge of public administration reform: introduction to theHandbook of Public Administration Reform 1Shaun Francis Goldfinch2 Public sector reform and merit: principles, practices, and pushback 27Catherine Althaus3 Recruitment and selection practices that facilitate workforce diversity inthe public sector 41Marie-France J. Waxin, Fang Zhao, and Angela Zacharias4 Addressing workplace culture and abuse 57Victor Sojo and Victoria Roberts5 Integrity and misconduct in public office 77Robert Gregory and Michael Macaulay6 Finance and accounting: recent developments and challenges buildingefficiency and public accountability 90Kiyoshi Yamamoto and Sabine Schuhrer7 Digital exhaust or strategic asset? Navigating big data benefits and risks forpublic administration 111Samantha Custer8 Public sector innovation: which season of public sector reform? 131Kai Wegrich9 The challenges of healthcare delivery: lessons from reform in healthadministration 146Robin Gauld10 Environmental management systems in the public sector: implementation,outcomes and key factors of success 164Marie-France J. Waxin, Aaron Bartholomew, Sandra L. Knuteson,Fang Zhao, and Areej Makda11 Crisis management and administrative reforms: lessons from Hong Kongand Singapore 182Anthony B. L. Cheung and Donald Low12 From Weberian bureaucracy to digital government? Trajectories ofadministrative reform in Germany 207Sabine Kuhlmann13 Reforming public administration in Italy: continuity and change from1861 to 2020 227Edoardo Ongaro, Fabrizio Di Mascio, Guido Melis, and Alessandro Natalini14 The United States: the political context of administrative reform 247Joel D. Aberbach and Bert A. Rockman15 Hong Kong: a self-reforming civil service institution at a crossroads 270Anthony B. L. Cheung16 Public sector management reform in Japan: hybridization of old and newmodels or searching for a new model? 291Kiyoshi Yamamoto17 The United Kingdom: permanent revolution or muddling through? 311Sam Warner, David Richards, and Martin Smith18 Public sector reform in Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 330Gurmeet Singh and Neale Slack19 New Zealand: reunifying the state and the (really, truly, this time) death ofthe New Zealand Model? 351Shaun Francis Goldfinch20 Public management reforms in Brazil: innovations, paralysis, and setbacksin the last 25 years 373Pedro Cavalcante21 Public administrative reform in Australia 390John Halligan22 Administrative reform in Canada: taking it to a new level or on hold? 411David C. G. Brown23 Chinese public administration reforms 432Yijia Jing and Wenxue FanIndex 450

Details ISBN1800376731 Author Shaun F. Goldfinch Pages 470 Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Series Elgar Handbooks in Public Administration and Management Year 2023 ISBN-13 9781800376731 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2023-11-24 Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Cheltenham Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Shaun F. Goldfinch Audience Professional & Vocational UK Release Date 2023-11-24 We've got this

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