Written by B. Guy Peters, a leading authority in the field, this comprehensive exploration of
the political and policy making roles of public bureaucracies is now available in a fully …

This paper focuses on trust in government, meaning the parliament, the cabinet, the civil
service, local councils, political parties, and politicians. Trust is measured in terms of specific …

Abstract Did New Public Management (NPM) actually lead to a smaller public sector? NPM
has been the subject of extensive academic debate as to its successes and failures …

Abstract Analysis of local government contracting decisions typically focuses on transactions
costs related to service characteristics, especially asset specificity and difficulty of contract …

In recent years democratic theory has taken a deliberative turn. Instead of merely casting the
occasional ballot, deliberative democrats want citizens to reason together. They …

Polycentric theory, as applied to sustainability policy adoption, contends that municipalities
will act independently to provide public services that protect the environment. Our multilevel …

Empirical evidence shows local government contracting is a dynamic process that includes
movements from public delivery to markets and from market contracts back to in-house …

Although public–private partnerships (PPPs) are frequently analyzed and lauded in terms of
efficiency, their impact on public values is often neglected. As a result, there is little empirical …

The images and techniques for exercising societal governance have changed considerably
over the last 30 years. We have moved from the age of bureaucratic government to the age …

ABSTRACT New Public Management has been around for a quarter of a century in
European public sectors, yet despite the movement's emphasis on indicators and evidence …