Comparative Public Management: Why National, Environmental, and Organizational Context Matters

by Kenneth J. Meier (Editor), Amanda Rutherford (Editor), Claudia N. Avellaneda (Editor), Cameron Wimpy (Contribution by), Marlette Jackson (Contribution by)

Overview

While the field of public management has become increasingly international, research and policy recommendations that work for one country do not work for another. Comparative Public Management argues that scholars must find a way to account for political, environmental, and organizational contexts to build a more general model of public management.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626164000
Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
Publication date:	03/01/2017
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Kenneth J. Meier is the Charles H. Gregory Chair in Liberal Arts and Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University. He is also the editor in chief of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.

Amanda N. Rutherford is an assistant professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.

Claudia N. Avellaneda is an associate professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.

Table of Contents

Preface

IntroductionComparative Public Management: A Framework for AnalysisLaurence J. O'Toole Jr. and Kenneth J. Meier

1. Administrative Capacity and Health Care in Africa: Path Dependence as a Contextual VariableCameron Wimpy, Marlette Jackson, and Kenneth J. Meier

2. Environmental Complexity and Public Service Performance in England: Does Organizational Strategy Matter?Rhys Andrews

3. Do Public/Private Differences Matter? Managerial Characteristics and Organizational Performance across Sectors of US Higher EducationClaire Stieg and Amanda Rutherford

4. The Better You Look, the More You See: Nonlinear Effects of Managerial Networking Hidden in the Research Setting of Dutch Primary EducationRené Torenvlied and Agnes Akkerman

5. Loyal Agents or Saboteurs? Performance-Increasing Policies and Public Service Motivation among Hospital Workers in DenmarkMads Leth Jakobsen, Anne Mette Kjeldsen, and Thomas Pallesen

6. The delegation of Municipal Spending in Honduras: Does the Decision Context Matter?Claudia N. Avellaneda

7. Explaining the Expansion of Brazilian Municipal Revenues: Does Political Context or Managerial Background Influence Grant Acquisition?Ricardo C. Gomes and Claudia N. Avellaneda

ConclusionThe Future Role of Context: The International Research AgendaAmanda Rutherford, Laurence J. O'Toole Jr., and Kenneth J. Meier

References

List of Contributors

Index

What People are Saying About This

Lotte B. Andersen

The book contributes significantly to the public management literature by addressing a very important question: How does context matter for the management-performance relationship? Drawing on empirical studies from four different continents, it asks whether management affects performance differently in different countries. It also provides a very promising theoretical framework for future studies of the context-dependent association between management and performance.

Editorial Reviews

The book contributes significantly to the public management literature by addressing a very important question: How does context matter for the management-performance relationship? Drawing on empirical studies from four different continents, it asks whether management affects performance differently in different countries. It also provides a very promising theoretical framework for future studies of the context-dependent association between management and performance.

Lotte B. Andersen

"The book contributes significantly to the public management literature by addressing a very important question: How does context matter for the management-performance relationship? Drawing on empirical studies from four different continents, it asks whether management affects performance differently in different countries. It also provides a very promising theoretical framework for future studies of the context-dependent association between management and performance." — Lotte B. Andersen, Aarhus University

From the Publisher

The editors should be commended for their choices of authors who not only have strong foundational understandings of public management, but also of the organizations they choose to study.

Governance

Unreservedly recommended as a critically important addition to community and academic library collections.

Midwest Book Review