Administrative reform : understanding success and failure /

"In this illuminating book, B. Guy Peters explores the common governmental practice of reforming the public bureaucracy. He identifies widespread successes and failures, while evaluating the efficacy of governmental reforms through political, economic and organisational lenses. Peters examines...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peters, B. Guy (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.
Series:Policy, administrative and institutional change series
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Understanding administrative reform
  • 2. Theoretical approaches to administrative reform
  • 3. Making choices about administrative reform: It is not easy
  • 4. Reorganization as a reform strategy
  • 5. Reforming public personnel systems
  • 6. Reforming administrative procedures
  • 7. Conclusions, as a series of questions
  • Bibliography.