Governance and public management :œbstrategic foundations for volatile times

This book presents the strategic foundations for government's role in fostering and adapting to societal transformation in a volatile world. It shifts the focus of the discipline from an overtly retrospective analysis to a prospective analysis, incorporating the role of foresight techniques and...

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Other Authors: Conteh, Charles (Editor), Greitens, Thomas J. (Editor), Jesuit, David K. (Editor), Roberge, Ian (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxon, UK Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2014
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Summary:This book presents the strategic foundations for government's role in fostering and adapting to societal transformation in a volatile world. It shifts the focus of the discipline from an overtly retrospective analysis to a prospective analysis, incorporating the role of foresight techniques and instruments. Above all, it stimulates debate about the practical implications of governance as an emergent future-oriented framework of public management. This challenging book aims to facilitate dialogue and discussion between academics and practitioners, and encourage advanced students to take a new perspective on Public Management during these volatile times
Physical Description:xx, 187 pages illustrations 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9780415704625 (hbk)