Public Administration and Management
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The Policy Sciences of Harold Lasswell
Douglas Torgerson
Illuminating and timely, this book explores in depth Harold Lasswell’s prominent and controversial 20th century proposal for the ‘policy sciences’. With his extraordinary contextual focus, Lasswell stands apart as unique in the policy l...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Why Meetings Matter
Patrik Hall, Malin Åkerström, Erika A. Cederholm
This innovative book argues that meetings are a crucial feature of modern organisations, demonstrating that, contrary to popular belief, meetings are what define, represent and maintain organisations.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Collaborating for Digital Transformation
Edited by Koen Verhoest, Gerhard Hammerschmid, Lise H. Rykkja, Erik H. Klijn
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. As worldwide institutions acknowledge the necessity of digital, open, and collaborative gove...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Legitimacy and Legitimation of Political Authorities
Andrea A Lippi
Bridging the gap between traditional and contemporary research, Andrea Lippi’s Legitimacy and Legitimation of Political Authorities presents a comprehensive and systematic analysis of both legitimacy and legitimation as two theoretical c...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Elgar Encyclopedia of Nonprofit Management, Leadership and Governance
Edited by Kevin P. Kearns, Wenjiun Wang
The Elgar Encyclopedia of Nonprofit Management, Leadership and Governance is the ultimate reference guide for those interested in the rapidly growing nonprofit sector. Each insightful entry includes a definition of the concept, practical...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Handbook of Public Management in Africa
Edited by Gerrit van der Waldt
This forward-thinking Handbook provides a thorough and comprehensive guide on the positive prospects for public management and governance across the African continent. Exploring best practices learned by public management and governments...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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A Research Agenda for Governance
B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre, Eva Sørensen, Jacob Torfing
This incisive Research Agenda for Governance draws together unique contributions from leading scholars to examine the two distinct models of governance: the traditional model, based on the state and exercise of control through law and bu...eBook:Find out more$37.56
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A Modern Guide to the Multiple Streams Framework
Edited by Nikolaos Zahariadis, Nicole Herweg, Reimut Zohlnhöfer, Evangelia Petridou
Applying the Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) to a global range of case studies, this pioneering Modern Guide addresses how policymakers decide what issues to attend to and which choices to make or implement. In doing so it outlines that...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook on Public Administration Reform
Edited by Shaun F. Goldfinch
Reform is a politicised, ideological, sometimes drifting, and chaotic process. As such, what public administration reform means, why it occurs, whose interests it serves, and whether it makes the world a better place, remain contested qu... -
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A Research Agenda for Public–Private Partnerships and the Governance of Infrastructure
Edited by Graeme A. Hodge, Carsten Greve
This timely Research Agenda examines the ways in which public–private partnerships (PPPs) in infrastructure continue to excite policy makers, governments, research scholars and critics around the world. It analyzes the PPP research journ...eBook:Find out more$45.56
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Handbook of Public Policy Evaluation
Edited by Frédéric Varone, Steve Jacob, Pirmin Bundi
This comprehensive Handbook examines public policy evaluation in democracies. Focusing on the political dimension of the evaluation process, it argues that policy evaluation can be an emancipatory tool, reducing social inequalities and e...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Research Handbook on City and Municipal Finance
Edited by Craig L. Johnson, Tima M. Moldogaziev, Justin M. Ross
This timely Research Handbook explores the handling of city and municipal finances in the 21st century. It examines the impact of the Great Recession and COVID-19 pandemic on cities and municipalities, highlighting strengths, weaknesses,...eBook:Find out more$65.00