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Success and Failure in Public Governance: A Comparative Analysis

Success and Failure in Public Governance: A Comparative Analysis REVIEW Success and Failure in Public Governance: Comparative Analysis, Mark Bovens, Paul t'Hart and B. Guy Peters (eds), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2001, hb £135.00. ISBNJ-84064-088X, This is a mammoth book. Not only is it almost 700 pages in length, but its scope is exceptionally ambitious. There are thirty three contributors, covering the study of four different policy sectors in six different countries. Barriers to the whole project must have been considerable and no doubt there were times when the book seemed an impossible task. Nevertheless, it succeeds in a most admirable way. Failures of governance a for and public policy became particular focus in of on political scientists the 1970s with the emergence theories overload, ungovernability and fiscal crisis. These some of the arguments provided intellectual impetus for a shift towards marketised, neo-liberal solutions, until 'New Public Management' and 'Reinventing Government' ideas and on the scene - to the 'best' of both worlds practices emerged attempting get i.e. the rigours of the market and of sector tight regimes public accountability. It is in this new to examine the context that the book attempts success and/or failure of governments in their ability to govern, and explain why some policy makers http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Public Policy and Administration SAGE

Success and Failure in Public Governance: A Comparative Analysis

McConnell, Allan
Public Policy and Administration , Volume 17 (4): 3 – Oct 1, 2002
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REVIEW Success and Failure in Public Governance: Comparative Analysis, Mark Bovens, Paul t'Hart and B. Guy Peters (eds), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2001, hb £135.00. ISBNJ-84064-088X, This is a mammoth book. Not only is it almost 700 pages in length, but its scope is exceptionally ambitious. There are thirty three contributors, covering the study of four different policy sectors in six different countries. Barriers to the whole project must have been considerable and no doubt there were times when the book seemed an impossible task. Nevertheless, it succeeds in a most admirable way. Failures of governance a for and public policy became particular focus in of on political scientists the 1970s with the emergence theories overload, ungovernability and fiscal crisis. These some of the arguments provided intellectual impetus for a shift towards marketised, neo-liberal solutions, until 'New Public Management' and 'Reinventing Government' ideas and on the scene - to the 'best' of both worlds practices emerged attempting get i.e. the rigours of the market and of sector tight regimes public accountability. It is in this new to examine the context that the book attempts success and/or failure of governments in their ability to govern, and explain why some policy makers

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