Understanding Public Management

Kjell A Eliassen is Professor and Director of European and Asian Studies (CEAS) at the Norwegian School of Management.CONTRIBUTORSEsther Barbe Universitat Autonoma BarcelonaYves Boyer CREST ParisMichael Clark King′s College University of LondonCatriona Gourlay Universite Libre BruxellesEsben Oust Heiberg Norwegian School of ManagementEric Remacle Universite Libre BruxellesMarit Sjovaag Norwegian School of ManagementReimund Seidelmann Universitat Giessen and Universite Libre BruxellesArnhild Spence NATO and EC BruxellesDavid Spence NATO and EC BruxellesG Pinar Tank Norwegian School of ManagementPierre de Vestel Universite Libre Bruxelles Professor Nick Sitter joined the Department of Public Policy as Head of Department in 2008. His research interests include comparative European public policy, regulation, party systems, and Euroscepticism. Recent books include Understanding Public Management (Sage 2008) and Europe’s Nascent State: Public Policy in the EU (Gyldendal 2006).Nick Sitter holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Government, on the development of competitive party systems in post-communist East Central Europe. He also holds an MSc in West European Politics and BSc (econ) in Government and History from the London School of Economics.Previous academic positions include lectureships in European politics and political economy at BI Norwegian School of Management, the American University, Florida State University, and Reading University, and a part-time teacher position at the LSE. Before completing his PhD, Nick Sitter worked as a political consultant in London.

′A broad ranging and highly intelligent account of key recent developments internationally which skillfully updates the public management and governance literatures′ - Ewan Ferlie, Royal Holloway′Public management has been radically changed and reformed... this book gives students a fine introduction to these changes and to the theories dealing with them′ - Jørgen Grønnegaard Christensen, University of Aarhus

• IntroductionLiberalising and Modernising Public Services Internationalisation, Globalisation and LiberalisationStrategic Challenges for Public GovernanceEuropean IntegrationRecapturing Sovereignty and Institutionalising LiberalisationLiberalisation and PrivatizationRegulation and Competition PolicyModernising Public AdministrationTo the New Public Management and Beyond Modernising GovernmenteGovernmentOrganisational Design and Institutional Governance Tools of Management and LeadershipConclusionPublic Service Delivery in the ′Knowledge Society′