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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
THE PRINCIPAL-AGENT PERSPECTIVE |
| By: |
Jan-Erik Lane |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0415370167 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780415370165 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
22 September, 2005 |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
Features a perspective on the public sector and presents a comprehensive analysis of exactly what it is and how it operates. This book covers the key issues of: the principal-agent framework and the public sector; public principals and their agents; the economic reasons of government; and more. |
| Synopsis: |
A perspective on the public sector that presents a concise and comprehensive analysis of exactly what it is and how it operates. Governments in any society deliver a large number of services and goods to their populations. To get the job done, they need public management in order to steer resources - employees, money and laws - into policy outputs and outcomes. In well-ordered societies the teams who work for the state work under a rule-of-law framework, known as public administration. This book covers the key issues of: * the principal-agent framework and the public sector * public principals and their agents * the economic reasons of government * public organization, incentives and rationality in government * the essence of public administration: legality and the rule of law * public policy criteria: the Cambridge and Chicago positions * public teams and private teams * public firms * public insurance * public management policy Public Administration & Public Management is essential reading for those with professional and research interests in public administration and public management. |
| Illustrations: |
20 black & white tables, 18 black & white line drawings |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Routledge |
| Returns: |
Returnable |