TY  - GEN
AU  - Ramesh, M. (Ed.)
AU  - Ramesh, M.
AU  - Araral, Eduardo Jr.
AU  - Wu, Xun.
TI  - Reasserting the public in public services : : new public management reforms 
SN  - 9780415547390
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Public administration
KW  - Public-private sector cooperation
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Privatization
KW  - Public welfare
KW  - Social policy
N1  - Includes index; Introduction: reasserting the role of the state in public services -- The role of the state in governing: governance and metagovernance -- Reversing privatization, rebalancing government reform: markets, deliberation and planning -- Why legality cannot be contracted out: exploring the limits of new public management -- How far has market orientation penetrated public organizations? an empirical test on customer satisfaction -- Repositioning the state and the public sector reform agenda: the case of Hong Kong -- Reasserting the role of the state in the healthcare sector: lessons from Asia -- Reassertions of the state in Viet Nam's health sector -- Reasserting the public in public service delivery: the de-privatization and de-marketization of education in China -- Public planning with business delivery of urban public transport -- Planning for power: lessons from three generations of Brazilian electricity reforms -- The fiscal and efficiency hypothesis of water utilities' privatization: a review of the evidence -- Conclusion: contradictions, contingencies and the terrain ahead
N2  - The change of direction is a response to the realization that privatization is not working as intended, especially in public service sectors. This title discusses the emerging patterns of the reassertion of the state in the delivery of essential public services
ER  -