Christensen, Tom (Ed.) <br/><br/>
Transcending new public management:   the transformation of public sector reforms / 
edited by Tom Christensen, and Per Laegreid. 
 - Aldershot, England; Burlington, VT:  Ashgate,  2007. 
 - vi, 288 pages;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references (p.[245]-277) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Introduction - Theoretical Approach and Research Questions -- Still Fragmented Government or Reassertion of the Centre? -- Reform Design and Performance in Australia and New Zealand -- Types of State Organizations: Arguments, Doctrines and Challenges Beyond New Public Management -- Convergence and Standardization in Telecommunications Regulation: Trajectories of Change and Reform in the Asian Pacific Regulatory State -- Organizing Immigration - a Comparison of New Zealand and Norway -- Central Banking Reform Across the World: Only by Night Are All Cats Grey -- Quests for Transparency: Sign of a New Institutional Era in the Health Care Field -- Public-Private Partnerships: A Comparative Perspective on Victoria and Denmark -- The Difficult Art of) Outsourcing Welfare Services: Experiences from Sweden and New Zealand -- New Public Management and the Ghost of Max Weber: Exorcized or Still Haunting?  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780754671176 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Institutional Fund 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public administration.<br/>Public administration--Case studies.