Description: This Oxford Handbook brings together leading international scholars to comment on key current issues in Public Management. The individual chapters include a mix of broad overviews, in depth exploration of particular thematic areas and analyses of different theoretical perspectives such as political science, management, sociology and economics.
Review Quotes: "The book is a success. It meets the aims set out at the beginning and does so in a way that is erudite, but accessible, comprehensive, but not overly complex. It deserves its place on the reading list and the library shelves."--Journal of Public Administration, Vol.84, No.4, 2006
"It will merit its place on the library shelves for you and for your students for a good few years."--Local Government Studies"The Oxford Handbook of Public Management is an invaluable source for anyone interested in public management scholarship. The chapters provide an excellent starting point for researchers interested in specific areas. Many of its chapters are suitable for public management graduate courses and, in some cases, offer the most polished overview of a specific topic I have read."--Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory