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The Author(s), 2010. Reprints and permissions: http:// www.sagepub.co.uk/ journalsPermissions.nav 0952-0767 201010 25(4) 409–411 Book Review Kjell A. Eliassen and Nick Sitter (2008) Understanding Public Management London: SAGE, ISBN-10: 1412908590, ISBN-13: 978-1412908597 (pbk), 208 pp. £21.99. This book is written by Professors Eliassen and Sitter, both of whom are based at the BI Norwegian School of Management, Oslo, and is intended for two audi- ences – full time students of public administration, and as a textbook for exec- utive programmes in public management. It comprises eight chapters and a conclusion, and the authors say the chapters are thematically divided (but this is not formally indicated in the Contents) into four sections: the international context – globalisation and regional integration (Chapters one and two); reducing the scope of the state (Chapters three and four); making the public sector work better (Chapters five and six); and implementation and management (Chapters seven and eight). In considering these themes, the authors place particular empha- sis on the ‘information revolution’; that is, digitalisation and the development of the information society which ‘runs like a thread throughout the book’ (Preface). The ‘central theme is that the provision of public services in liberal democra- cies has changed
Public Policy and Administration – SAGE
Published: Oct 1, 2010
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