Contesting Public Sector Reforms: Critical Perspectives, International Debates

Introduction: Public Sector Management and the Neo-Liberal Hegemony; P.Dibben, I.Roper & G.Wood PART ONE: PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM: THEORETICAL DEBATES Public Choice, the Public Sector and the Market: The Sound of One Hand Clapping?; A.Van den Berg New Public Management: Marketization, Managerialism and Consumerism; P.Dibben & P.Higgins Uneasy Partners: Democratization and New Public Management in Developing Countries; B.Baker Taming the Market: Co-ordination of Economic Activity at Multiple Spatial Levels; J.Rogers Hollingsworth PART TWO: PUBLIC SECTOR REFORMS: ISSUES AND PRACTICES Ethics and the New Public Management: Challenges and Alternatives; G.Wood Mechanisms and Values in the Delivery of a Patchwork of Public Services; J.Harrow Industrial Relations in the Public Sector: Collective Bargaining Reform and the Issue of Convergence; P.James Managing Quality in Public Services: Some Distinct Implications for the Reorganization of Work; I.Roper PART THREEE: PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT: REGIONAL AND NATIONAL STUDIES Canadian Public Management Developments; Z.Lonti & A.Verma Hollowing and Hardening New Zealand's Homely State; R.Gregory New Public Management and Europeanization: Convergence or Nestedness?; G.Wood Recruiting and Training the New Cadre: Reform of the Civil Service in the People's Republic of China; J.Liu & J.Wang Contradictions Confronting New Public Management in Johannesburg: The Rise and Fall of Municipal Water Commercialization; P.Bond Latin America: Globalization Democracy and State Reform; R.Munck Public Administration and the Management of Socio-Economic Development in Developing Countries: Some Trends and Comparisons; M.Wallis Conclusion: Towards the Revitalization of the Public?; G.Wood & I.Roper