The new management of British local governance

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Andrew Massey

This major book reviews and analyses the changes that have taken place in public administration in Britain and North America over the last ten years and which will continue to have a profound impact on central and local bureaucracies well into the next century. Managing the Public Sector provides a critical introduction which successfully combines a review of the literature with original research. It relates theory to practice and highlights the problem of implementation. It covers all the major issues including privatisation, and the importance of the business sector both as a partner and a powerful lobby for efforts to use market mechanisms to devolve power. This thoroughly modern, up-to-date book, will be essential reading for all courses on public administration and policy analysis and the management of the public sector.

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Graham K. Wilson

"The third edition of this popular text has been completely revised to reflect the enormous changes in business-government relations that have taken place in advanced industrialized societies in recent years. Globalization, violent protests against international organizations such as the World Trade Organization, and the surge in international trade have affected the way business interacts with governments in the twenty-first century. As in previous editions, Wilson focuses on individual countries to illustrate different models of business-government relations - including the U.S., Britain, Germany, Scandinavia, Italy, France, and Japan. New to this edition are Wilson's exploration of how government-business relations have been challenged by globalization and his evaluation of its consequences for different countries."--Jacket.

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Scarlett Thomas

Alice Butler has been receiving some odd messages - all anonymous, all written in code. Are they from someone at PopCo, the profit-hungry corporation she works for? Or from Alice's long-lost father? Is someone else on her trail? The solution, she is sure, will involve the code-breaking skills she learned from her grandparents and the key she's been wearing around her neck since she was ten. PopCo is a grown-up adventure of family secrets, puzzles and the power of numbers.

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Barton Kunstler

"In The HotHouse Effect, Barton Kunstler examines the dynamics of diverse communities where creativity has flourished, and pinpoints the factors that drove their exceptional fervor and accomplishments. What's more, he shows you how to assess creativity in your own organization and then establish the environment needed for it to operate at maximum power." "This book is based on Kunstler's scrupulous study of classic cases - including Elizabethan England, the artistic revolution in Paris in the early 1900s, and the German Bauhaus - along with an array of innovative modern companies. The book includes a survey to help you evaluate your company's strengths and shortfalls in each dimension."--Jacket.