Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 213 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
The end of time? -- Timeships : navigating the past -- History in action : a tale of two hospitals -- Beyond history -- Review and re-interpretation -- A toolkit for time? -- Wider implications for governments -- After all |
Summary |
In this important new book, Christopher Pollitt, one of the leading researchers in public policy and management, argues that we are guilty of neglecting a fundamental dimension of both the practice and study of contemporary public management: that of time. Pollitt traces the character of, and the reasons for, this neglect in his wide-ranging study. - ;In this important new book, Christopher Pollitt, one of the leading researchers in public policy and management, argues that we are guilty of neglecting a fundamental dimension of both the practice and study of contemporary public policymaking an |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-199) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Public administration.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Executive Branch.
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Public administration
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Tid -- sociologiska aspekter.
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Offentliga sektorn.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2007051157 |
ISBN |
0191553387 |
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9780191553387 |
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9786611528973 |
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6611528970 |
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1281528978 |
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9781281528971 |
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