A Research Agenda for Public Administration

A Research Agenda for Public Administration

Author: Andrew Massey

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1788117255

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This book addresses salient current issues in public administration research. It seeks to suggest where future research may or indeed ought to be focussed. To advocate the future routes for the development of research, this book is divided into themes, with a clear overlap between different approaches. The book has contributions that will assist students of public administration/public sector management and public policy, especially new PhD students, but will also be a useful resource for more established researchers to understand the major emerging issues within the field.


Public Service Improvement

Public Service Improvement

Author: Rachel E. Ashworth

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2010-04-29

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0199545480

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The performance of public services is a matter of concern in many countries. Issues of public service efficiency, cost, and effectiveness have moved to the forefront of political debate. This book applies the latest thinking from Management and Organization Studies to public organizations to examine how the public sector can perform better.


A Research Agenda for Governance

A Research Agenda for Governance

Author: Peters, B. Guy

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2022-05-03

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1788117999

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This Research Handbook offers a comprehensive study of existing and emerging general principles of EU law by scholars from a wide range of expertise in EU law, international law, legal theory and different areas of substantive law. It explores the theory, content, role and function of general principles in EU law to better understand general principles as a mechanism for the substantive openness of the EU legal order as well as for cross-fertilization and coherence of legal orders. Their potential as a tool to manage the interaction of legal regimes and orders is a particular focal point and will make this Handbook a must-read for scholars of EU Law.


A Research Agenda for Border Studies

A Research Agenda for Border Studies

Author: James W. Scott

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2020-12-25

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1788972740

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This innovative Research Agenda uncovers links between different levels of border-making processes, or bordering, from the political to the cognitive, and connects everyday processes and experiences of border-making to the wider social world. It addresses the question of how everyday bordering practices and discourses can be productively linked to different aspects of social relations.


A Research Agenda for Federalism Studies

A Research Agenda for Federalism Studies

Author: John Kincaid

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2019-12-27

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 1788112970

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In this forward-thinking book, fifteen leading scholars set forth cutting-edge agendas for research on significant facets of federalism, including basic theory, comparative studies, national and subnational constitutionalism, courts, self-rule and shared rule, centralization and decentralization, nationalism and diversity, conflict resolution, gender equity, and federalism challenges in Africa, Asia, and the European Union. More than 40 percent of the world’s population lives under federal arrangements, making federalism not only a major research subject but also a vital political issue worldwide.


A Research Agenda for Evaluation

A Research Agenda for Evaluation

Author: Peter Dahler-Larsen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2021-06-25

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1839101083

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This unique Research Agenda addresses salient current issues in evaluation research, offering a broad perspective on the role of evaluation in society.


Innovation in the Public Sector

Innovation in the Public Sector

Author: V. Bekkers

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-04-12

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 0230307523

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Addresses issues relevant to an understanding of the innovation journeys on which public organizations have embarked. If public innovation is defined as a necessary condition for establishing meaningful interactions between the government and society what are the relevant issues that may explain successful processes and forms of public innovation?


A Research Agenda for Management and Organization Studies

A Research Agenda for Management and Organization Studies

Author: Barbara Czarniawska

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2016-08-26

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1784717029

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Managing and organizing are now central phenomena in contemporary societies. It is essential they are studied from a variety of perspectives, and with equal attention paid to their past, their present, and their future. This book collects opinions of the trailblazing scholars concerning the most important research topics, essential for study in the next 15–20 years. The opinions concern both traditional functions, such as accounting and marketing, personnel management and strategy, technology and communication, but also new challenges, such as diversity, equality, waste and cultural encounters. The collection is intended to be inspiration for young scholars and an invitation to a dialogue with practitioners.


A Research Agenda for Political Marketing

A Research Agenda for Political Marketing

Author: Newman, Bruce I.

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2022-04-12

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1800377207

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This Research Agenda documents and establishes the thinking of leading scholars in the field of political marketing and related sub-fields, also encompassing additional social science disciplines that intersect at the crossroads of political marketing.


Modern Public Information Technology Systems: Issues and Challenges

Modern Public Information Technology Systems: Issues and Challenges

Author: Garson, G. David

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2007-03-31

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 1599040530

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Examines the most important dimensions of managing IT in the public sector and explores the impact of IT on governmental accountability and distribution of power, the implications of privatization as an IT business model, and the global governance of IT.