Reforming Public Management and Governance

John Halligan, Emeritus Professor of Public Administration and Governance, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra, Australia

'Reforms in Anglophone countries have influenced many countries around the world. This book, by one of the leading researchers in the field, discusses in a deep and comparative way research on the challenges of these reforms related to the long-term impact of managerialism and politicization on public governance.'--Tom Christensen, University of Oslo, Norway'Halligan's book comes at the end of a major cycle of public sector reforms, and announces a possible transformation of our politico-administrative systems as scenarios for the 21st century. His capacity to unpack the complexity of ''managerialism'', and ''politicisation'' is impressive. His focus on four Anglophone countries, as a coherent cluster, makes his analysis stronger than any other comparison. This is a ''must-read'' to understand the new tensions in our fast changing world, and how to handle these.'--Geert Bouckaert, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute, Belgium

• Contents: 1. Reforming Anglophone Public Management and Governance 2. Administrative Tradition and Westminster in Reform Era Governance 3. Politicising the Executive Branch: Changing Roles, Resources and Relationships 4. Ministers and Mandarins under Political Management 5. Management Dilemmas 6. Contradictions in Implementing Performance Management 7. Management and Bureaucracy in a Political Milieu 8. Coordination and Collaboration 9. Long Term Reform and Public Management Systems 10. Postscript: Directions for Change Bibliography Index