{ [ PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT: THE PRINCIPAL-AGENT PERSPECTIVE ] } Lane, Jan-Erik ( AUTHOR ) Sep-22-2005 Paperback

by Jan-Erik Lane

A perspective on the public sector that presents a concise and comprehensive analysis of exactly what it is and how it operates.Governments in any society deliver a large number of services and goods to their populations. To get the job done, they need public management in order to steer resources – employees, money and laws – into policy outputs and outcomes. In well-ordered societies the teams who work for the state work under a rule-of-law framework, known as public administration. This book covers the key issues Public Administration & Public Management is essential reading for those with professional and research interests in public administration and public management.

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First published September 20, 2005

About the author

Jan-Erik Lane has taught politics and economics at many universities around the world. He is member of many editorial boards of political science journals. He has published some 300 books and articles. In 1996 (and 2009) he received the Humboldt Award by the Humboldt Stiftung.

He has made contributions to the study of culture, N-person game theory (power indices), voter volatility, comparative democracy theory and the principal-agent approach to public administration.