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Beyond the New Public Management is an important book which provides acomprehensive analysis of current conceptual debates in public management andgovernance. It critically reviews attempts made over the last two decades to apply the'new public management' model in developed and developing countries.Keywords: new public management, public administration, textbookBureaucracy and Self-Government: Reconsidering the Role of PublicAdministration in American Politics. Cook, Brian. DC: Johns Hopkins UniversityPress, 1996.http://www.press.jhu.edu/press/books/titles/f96/f96cobu.htmTraces, often quite nicely and originally, the tension between what the author calls'instrumental' and 'constitutive' conceptions of public administration through Americanhistory... a provocative argument...[that] provides extensive evidence of the potency ofthe instrumental conception of the bureaucracy for American politicians.Keywords: new public administration, public administration, textbookComparative Public Management: Putting U.S. Public Policy and Implementationin Context. Baker, Randall, Conn: Prager Publishers.1994.http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/027594347X/qid=1081550989/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-9017480-0915921?v=glance&s=booksIn this new approach to a comparative text in public management, Randall Bakerexamines how, why, and to what extent the public sector around the world has shared inthe "management revolution." The book is designed to isolate and demonstrate theessential "American-ness" of the United States' public service by holding it up to themirror of other developed democracies. While there are lessons to be learned from othercountries, Baker and his expert contributors examine the complexities of makingcomparisons across cultures, even within broadly similar democratic systems, and urbanindustrialeconomies.Keywords: comparative public management, public administration, textbookCreating High-Performance Government Organizations; A Practical Guide forPublic Managers. Popovich, Mark G. CA: Jossey-Bass, 1998.http://www.JosseyBass.com/catalog/isbn/0-7879-4102-6This is the most challenging time for public management that I have seen in my 35 years386