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Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions
Beryl A. Radin
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Description for Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions
Paperback. Proposals for reform have dotted the federal management landscape in the United States. Yet these efforts by public management professionals have frequently failed to produce lasting results. This book examines basic sets of contradictions between the strategies of the reformers and the reality of the US federal system. Series: Public Management and Change Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 figure, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
Proposals for reform have dotted the federal management landscape in the United States for more than 50 years. Yet these efforts by public management professionals have frequently failed to produce lasting results. In her new book, "Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions", renowned public administration scholar Beryl A. Radin reveals what may lie behind the failure of so many efforts at government management reform. To spur new thinking about this problem, Radin examines three basic sets of contradictions between the strategies of the reformers and the reality of the US federal system: contradictions in the shared powers structure, ... Read more
Proposals for reform have dotted the federal management landscape in the United States for more than 50 years. Yet these efforts by public management professionals have frequently failed to produce lasting results. In her new book, "Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions", renowned public administration scholar Beryl A. Radin reveals what may lie behind the failure of so many efforts at government management reform. To spur new thinking about this problem, Radin examines three basic sets of contradictions between the strategies of the reformers and the reality of the US federal system: contradictions in the shared powers structure, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Public Management and Change Series
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781589018921
SKU
V9781589018921
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About Beryl A. Radin
Beryl A. Radin is a member of the faculty at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute at Georgetown University. In 2009 she received the H. George Frederickson Award for Lifetime Achievement and Continuous Contributions to Public Management Research from the Public Management Research Association. She is the author of Challenging the Performance Movement: Accountability, Complexity, and Democratic Values and Beyond Machiavelli: ... Read more
Reviews for Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions
Right on target ... Those of us working on federal systems issues can heartily endorse her view... All reformers should read this book and think deeply about the implications for their ambitious as they prepare to push that rock up the mountain one more time. Publius