Although commercial entities can contribute positively to health and society there is growing
evidence that the products and practices of some commercial actors—notably the largest …

Municipally owned corporations (MOCs) are increasingly utilised to provide local public
services, but little remains known about their efficiency and effectiveness. In this article, we …

Water supply privatization was emblematic of the neoliberal turn in development policy in
the 1990s. Proponents argued that the private sector could provide better services at lower …

Austerity and fiscal crisis make the search for cost‐saving reforms in local government more
critical. While cost savings from privatization have frequently proven ephemeral, inter …

In the third edition of his award-winning book, Hal G. Rainey provides a comprehensive, up-
to-date analysis of research on public organizations and management. Drawing on a review …

Often described as a public policy “bible,” Weimer and Vining remains the essential primer it
ever was. Now in its sixth edition, Policy Analysis provides a strong conceptual foundation of …

Both practitioners and scholars are increasingly interested in the idea of public value as a
way of understanding government activity, informing policy‐making and constructing service …

Exploring three rich cases across three countries, this book shows how government
organizations need their clients to contribute time and effort to co-producing public services …

This is a new kind of book on public management. Using conversations, cases and original
sources, it engages, in a challenging and amusing way, with the key themes and problems …

Public-sector organizations are fundamentally different from their private-sector
counterparts. They are part of the society's political organizations and are major political …