Public management a critical text - Greener, Ian (New York Palgrave Macmillan, 2009)
The context of public management. Public and private management ; The changing role of the state ; Changing ideas about public management -- Organisational ideas in public management under challenge. Paying for public services ; The use of markets in the public sector ; The role of users in public services -- Contemporary issues in public management. Performance management ; Professionals in public management -- Conclusion. Putting it all together - managing contradictions in public management.
Keywords: Public administration