Re-imagining government : public leadership and management in challenging times /: public leadership and management in challenging times. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Barry Quirk.
• Other Names: Quirk, Barry, 1953-
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- If Men Were Angels: Why We Need to Re-Imagine and Renew Government -- Jumping to Conclusions: Public Interest, Public Value, Public Reason -- Finding Common Cause: Cooperation, Community and the Commons -- Deciding in a Democracy: Revealing Public Preferences and Balancing Biases -- The Geography of Governing: the Plurality of People, the Uniqueness of Places -- Results-Driven Government: Leading and Managing for Public Purpose -- Risky Business: Dealing with Dangers, Hazards and Harms -- The Crunch and the Big Squeeze: From Private Recession to Public Retrenchment -- Better, Quicker, Cheaper: How to Reduce the Cost of Government -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (264 pages)
• Subjects: 351; Political Ideologies/Democracy; Public administration; Political planning; Public administration -- Decision making; Political leadership; Government/General; Public Policy/General; Government/Local; Political structure & processes
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780230364264; 0230364268
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.