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  • Perspectives and Futures of Public Administration in Italy

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book is one of three volumes that provide a systematic overview of public administration, public management and public governance in Italy. This third volume examines key philosophical themes pertaining to core foundational issues of public administration in Italy, including the link to the liberal-democratic constitution, the rationale for the legitimacy of administration action, ... Read more

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  • Public Administration in Italy

    The Science and the Profession

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book is one of three volumes that provide a systematic overview of public administration, public management and public governance in Italy. This second volume adopts an interdisciplinary approach to introduce readers to the ways in which public administration in Italy has been studied by various disciplines since the conception of the modern Italian state more than 150 years ago, including ... Read more

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  • Public Administration in Italy in Political and Historical Context

    The Craft of the Italian State

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book is one of three volumes that provide a systematic overview of public administration, public management and public governance in Italy. This first volume examines the broad societal, institutional and political context of public administration in the country. It provides an overview of the trajectory of administrative reforms since the establishment of Italy as a unitary state in 1861 to ... Read more

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  • The Humanities and Public Administration

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    This perceptive book is a much-needed exploration of the contribution of the humanities to the study of public administration. Expert authors advocate for reintegrating the humanities into this field, highlighting the ways in which the social sciences and humanities complement each other in researching global governmental processes.The Humanities and Public Administration presents a comprehensive ... Read more

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  • Strategic Management of the Transition to Public Sector Co-Creation

    Series series New Perspectives in Policy and Politics
    As the practices of public governance are rapidly changing, so must the theoretical frameworks for understanding the creation of efficient, effective and democratic governance solutions.First published as a special issue of Policy & Politics journal, this book explores the role of strategic management, digitalisation and generative platforms in encouraging the co-creation of innovative public ... Read more

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  • Strategic Management in Public Services Organizations

    Concepts, Schools and Contemporary Issues

    Strategic Management in Public Services Organizations takes a comparative and international view on the appropriate use of strategic management models that are affecting the way public services organizations are managed.In an era of New and post New Public Management reforms, public managers at all levels are expected to respond to these new approaches, which profoundly affect their work practices ... Read more

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  • Public Administration in Europe

    The Contribution of EGPA

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    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book considers the ways in which public administration (PA) has been studied in Europe over the last forty years, and examines in particular the contribution of EGPA, the European Group for Public Administration, both to the growth of a truly pan-European PA, and to the future of PA in Europe. The book provides a lively reflection on the state of the art of PA both over the past forty years ... Read more

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  • The Palgrave Handbook of Public Administration and Management in Europe

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This Handbook offers a systematic review of state-of-the-art knowledge on public administration in Europe. Covering the theoretical, epistemological and practical aspects of the field, it focuses on how public administration operates and is studied in European countries. In sixty-three chapters, written by leading scholars, this Handbook considers the uniqueness of the European situation through ... Read more

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  • Multi-Level Governance

    The Missing Linkages

    Edited by Edoardo Ongaro ...
    Series Book 4 - Critical Perspectives on International Public Sector Management
    Multi-Level Governance (MLG) is a highly influential, supple and ductile framework for interpreting governance in complex polities. Yet, criticisms have been aimed at its allegedly overly 'descriptive', rather than explanatory, power. This volume argues that progress in both the study and the practice of MLG may derive from developing linkages with disciplines, perspectives and issues that have so ... Read more

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  • Connecting Philosophy and Public Administration

    Directions of Inquiry

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This open access book provides a novel framework for understanding the connections between philosophy and public administration. It proposes four key directions of inquiry to help better understand the relationship between these two areas of research and practice: philosophy for public administration, mapping backwards, aligning philosophy and public administration, and philosophy of public ... Read more

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