New perspectives on public services : place and technology /

Despite their immense importance for many aspects of public service management, the specific features of places have been largely ignored in recent public management literature. Technologies have received much more attention, but mainly within the specific field of e-government. In this book Christo...

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Main Author: Pollitt, Christopher
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Despite their immense importance for many aspects of public service management, the specific features of places have been largely ignored in recent public management literature. Technologies have received much more attention, but mainly within the specific field of e-government. In this book Christopher Pollitt puts together a powerful and engagingly-written case for paying much more attention both to place and to technological change, and the interactions betweenthem. The book synthesizes theories and concepts from a range of disciplines and focuses them on the many ways in which public servi.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 247 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191628078
0191628077
1280593814
9781280593819