| The Art of the State: Culture, Rhetoric, and Public Management Contributor(s): Hood, Christopher (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198297653 ISBN-13: 9780198297659 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $69.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2000 Annotation: This important new study, by a leading scholar in the field, offers a fresh perspective on public management. In contrast to the widespread claim of the modernization gurus' that a new era of global convergence is dawning in public management, it uses cultural theory to show why ideas about how to manage government are inherently plural and contradictory, and likely to remain so. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy - Political Science | Public Affairs & Administration |
| Dewey: 351 |
| LCCN: 98-06177 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.56" W x 8.54" (0.81 lbs) 276 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This important new study, by a leading scholar in the field, offers a fresh perspective on public management. In contrast to the widespread claim of the modernization gurus' that a new era of global convergence is dawning in public management, it uses cultural theory to show why ideas about how to manage government are inherently plural and contradictory, and likely to remain so. |