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Public Policy <strong>and</strong> Administration 63<br />

TEXTBOOK<br />

Managing Public Services<br />

- Implementing Changes<br />

A Thoughtful Approach to the Practice of Management<br />

Tony L. Doherty, London Metropolitan University, UK<br />

<strong>and</strong> Terry Horne, Lancaster Business School, UK<br />

Focusing on change as a constant factor in the management<br />

of any organization, this informative book helps the student<br />

<strong>and</strong> practitioner to develop the skills <strong>and</strong> knowledge they<br />

require to underpin the work of a modern service manager<br />

in rapidly-changing public sector organizations - whether<br />

publicly owned, privately managed or sub-contracted. The<br />

text will allow students studying public services<br />

management at undergraduate, certificate diploma <strong>and</strong><br />

postgraduate level to develop transferable skills in thinking<br />

<strong>and</strong> learning, <strong>and</strong> give greater awareness of the benefits of<br />

continuous learning for staff <strong>and</strong> managers.<br />

Selected Contents: First Thoughts Role 1. Managing Change Role 2. Managing Operations<br />

<strong>and</strong> Activities Role 3. Managing People Role 4. Managing Resources Role 5. Managing<br />

Information Role 6. Managing Learning <strong>and</strong> Personal Development. Final Thoughts<br />

2001: 246x189: 576pp<br />

Pb: 978-0-415-18028-3: $74.95<br />

★ For full contents <strong>and</strong> more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415180283<br />

Nonprofit Governance<br />

Innovative Perspectives <strong>and</strong> Approaches<br />

Edited by Chris Cornforth, Open University, UK <strong>and</strong> William A. Brown,<br />

Texas A&M University, <strong>US</strong>A<br />

Series: <strong>Routledge</strong> Contemporary Corporate Governance<br />

Until recently, research on the governance of nonprofit organizations has paid<br />

insufficient attention to the multi-level nature of governance, governance relationships<br />

<strong>and</strong> dynamics. Drawing on the research of leading scholars,this book presents new<br />

perspectives on nonprofit governance, which help to overcome these weaknesses.<br />

Selected Contents: Part 1: The State of the Field Part 2: Underst<strong>and</strong>ing Board Member<br />

Behaviour Part 3: Board Processes <strong>and</strong> Behaviour Part 4: Engaging Stakeholders <strong>and</strong> Members<br />

Part 5:‘Evolution’ in Governance Structures <strong>and</strong> <strong>Relations</strong>hips Part 6: Multi-Level Governance<br />

April <strong>2013</strong>: 234x156: 240pp<br />

Hb: 978-0-415-78336-1: $160.00<br />

Pb: 978-0-415-78337-8: $58.95<br />

★ For full contents <strong>and</strong> more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415783378<br />

TEXTBOOK<br />

Nonprofit Organizations <strong>and</strong><br />

Civil Society in the United States<br />

Kate Pravera <strong>and</strong> Kelly LeRoux, both at University of Illionois at Chicago, <strong>US</strong>A<br />

July <strong>2013</strong>: 235x156: 448pp<br />

Hb: 978-0-415-66144-7: $150.00/V<br />

Pb: 978-0-415-66145-4: $55.95/S<br />

eBook: 978-0-203-07343-8<br />

★ For full contents <strong>and</strong> more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415661454<br />

TEXTBOOK • 2ND EDITION<br />

Nonprofit Organizations<br />

An Introduction<br />

Helmut K. Anheier, University of California, <strong>US</strong>A<br />

Covering the full range of nonprofit organizations in different fields, this fully<br />

updated text takes an international perspective, providing a systematic treatment of<br />

theories, management approaches <strong>and</strong> policy analyses.<br />

The previous edition was winner of the Best Book Award at the American Academy of<br />

Management in 2006 <strong>and</strong> this new edition, exp<strong>and</strong>ed <strong>and</strong> reorganized into parts <strong>and</strong><br />

chapters, will fit both the North American <strong>and</strong> European schedules of academic teaching.<br />

June <strong>2013</strong>: 246x189: 464pp<br />

Hb: 978-0-415-55046-8: $145.00<br />

Pb: 978-0-415-55047-5: $56.95<br />

★ For full contents <strong>and</strong> more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415550475<br />

TEXTBOOK • 3RD EDITION<br />

Public Management <strong>and</strong> Governance<br />

edited by Tony Bovaird, University of Birmingham, UK<br />

<strong>and</strong> Elke Löffler, Governance <strong>International</strong>, UK<br />

Although popular features are retained, this new edition<br />

benefits from some reforms including a reinforcement of<br />

international themes across the whole book <strong>and</strong> discussions<br />

of the new realities of coalition politics in times of change.<br />

A whole parade of pedagogical features are also employed<br />

resulting in a rejuvenated textbook which will be essential<br />

reading on public management <strong>and</strong> administration courses<br />

across the world.<br />

Selected Contents: Part 1: From Public Management to<br />

Governance Part 2: Public Management Part 3: Governance in<br />

the Public Sector Part 4: …<strong>and</strong> Finally: Public Management <strong>and</strong> Governance - The Future?<br />

August <strong>2013</strong>: 246x174: 416pp<br />

Hb: 978-0-415-50185-9: $160.00<br />

Pb: 978-0-415-50186-6: $53.95<br />

★ For full contents <strong>and</strong> more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415501866<br />

TEXTBOOK<br />

Explaining Public Policy<br />

J.A. Ch<strong>and</strong>ler, Sheffield Hallam University, UK<br />

Series: <strong>Routledge</strong> Textbooks in Policy Studies<br />

This textbook explains the complexities of the policy-making process in a refreshingly<br />

clear way for students who are new to this subject. It explains how policy originates,<br />

is refined, legitimised, implemented, evaluated <strong>and</strong> terminated in the forms of<br />

theoretical models of the policy process <strong>and</strong> which actors <strong>and</strong> institutions are most<br />

influential. The text also examines the values that shape the policy agenda, why<br />

policies succeed or fail, <strong>and</strong> the main policy theories. The text is fully illustrated<br />

throughout with a broad range of national <strong>and</strong> international case studies on<br />

subjects such as the banking crisis, the creation of unitary authorities <strong>and</strong> global<br />

environmental policy <strong>and</strong> regulation.<br />

June <strong>2013</strong>: 246x174: 256pp<br />

Hb: 978-0-415-55831-0: $130.00<br />

Pb: 978-0-415-55832-7: $44.95<br />

★ For full contents <strong>and</strong> more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415558327<br />

TEXTBOOK<br />

Public Administration in a Global Context<br />

Ali Farazm<strong>and</strong>, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, <strong>US</strong>A<br />

This text is about the theory <strong>and</strong> practice of public administration in a dynamic age of<br />

globalization. It deals with the capacity to manage the complex world of governance<br />

<strong>and</strong> public administration in the age of accelerated globalization, with an emphasis<br />

on the ability to build the future as an expression of collective human will <strong>and</strong> choice<br />

through global administrative actions. The mission is ‘to improve the quality of public<br />

service <strong>and</strong> administration across the globe in the 21 st century.’ As a graduate <strong>and</strong><br />

upper-level undergraduate primary textbook, it serves students, instructors, <strong>and</strong><br />

scholars/researchers not only as a solid source of knowledge on the fundamental<br />

functions of public administration in managing public governance <strong>and</strong> government<br />

affairs at local <strong>and</strong> national levels.<br />

July <strong>2013</strong>: 246x174: 320pp<br />

Hb: 978-0-415-77887-9: $145.00<br />

Pb: 978-0-415-77888-6: $47.95<br />

★ For full contents <strong>and</strong> more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415778886<br />

Social Democracy<br />

A Comparative Account of the Left Wing Party Family<br />

Hans Keman, Vrije University, Amsterdam, the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />

This book focuses on social democracy as a party <strong>and</strong> a broad movement as well<br />

as a unique political force in the industrialised world.<br />

Selected Contents: Power to the People 1. From Movement to Party 2. The Struggle for<br />

Political Participation <strong>and</strong> Representation 3. Cooperation or Conflict? To Be or Not To Be in<br />

Government Power to the Party 4. Making Society by Government Participation 5. State<br />

Intervention <strong>and</strong> Welfare Statism 6. Policy Performances <strong>and</strong> Electoral Backlash Power to Be<br />

Lost? 7. Votes <strong>and</strong> Offices: Stateness of Social Democracy 8. Third Ways as Alternative<br />

Project 9. Party of the People or Of What?<br />

August <strong>2013</strong>: 234x156: 208pp<br />

Pb: 978-0-415-57407-5: $43.95<br />

★ For full contents <strong>and</strong> more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415574075<br />

Browse <strong>and</strong> order online: www.routledge.com/politics

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