In the spirit of New Public Management (NPM), performance-based budgeting (PBB) has (re-
) attracted the interest of both academics and practitioners. A wide variety of approaches and …

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 …

Since the third edition of this authoritative volume, most of Western Europe and North
America have entered an era of austerity which has pervasive effects on programmes of …

Efficiency. Innovation. Results. Accountability. These, advocates claim, are the fruits of
performance management. In recent decades government organizations have eagerly …

In recent years, concerns over the effectiveness of public administration have encouraged
the widespread measurement and management of 'performance'. But is performance …

Contributors examine the persistence of administrative patterns in the face of pressures for
globablization by developing a concept of administrative traditions and describing the …

Concerns about performance and cost efficiency have taken center stage in discussions
about the funding and oversight of public universities in recent years. One of the primary …

This article examines the decades‐long practices of performance budgeting in different
countries and their associated challenges from a multilayered institutional framework. Based …

A main rationale of performance information is to empower citizens to make informed
decisions by presenting them with unambiguous information about the performance of …

In recent years, performance-based accountability regimes have become increasingly
prevalent throughout government. One area where this has received considerable attention …