Includes bibliographical references and index. Flynn, N., & Asquer, A. (2017). Public sector management (7th ed.). Los Angeles : SAGE.

The Public Sector in the United Kingdom in a Global Context -- Private and Public Sectors -- Devolution and Difference -- Permanent Structural Change -- Central Government -- The National Health Service -- Local Government -- Local Authority Funding -- Shrinking State? -- Conclusions -- Politics and the Public Sector -- Political Differences -- The Role of the State -- The Third Way and the Big Society -- A Centralised or Decentralised State? -- Politics and Management: Values -- Conclusions -- Public Policy and Strategy -- What is Public Policy? -- The Politics of the Policy Process -- Institutions, Interests and Ideas -- The Strategic management of Public Sector Organisations -- Creating Public Value -- The Challenge of Network Governance -- The Co-production of Public Services -- Nudging and Behavioural Change -- Emergency and Crisis Management -- Conclusions -- Public Spending and Financial Management -- The Macro-economic Policy Context -- Fiscal Policy and the Economic Cycles before the Financial Crisis -- Fiscal Policy since the Financial Crisis -- Where Did the Cuts Fall? -- Financial Management -- Budgeting at National Level -- The Spending Review -- Local Authority Funding -- National Health Service Financial Management -- How does the UK's Financial Management Compare with other Countries' Systems? -- Conclusions -- Managing Performance -- Elements of Performance -- The Evolution of Performance Management in the United Kingdom -- Local Government in England -- Scotland -- Wales -- The National Health Service -- Education -- Individual and Organisational Performance -- How does the UK Compare with Other Countries? -- Managerial Discretion -- How Successful has Performance Management Been? -- Conclusions -- E-Government -- The Rise of the Digital Public Administration -- Big Data and Analytics -- Open Data, Open Government and Smart Cities -- Gamification enters the Public Sector -- Transparency, Participation and Trust -- Drivers of Innovation in the Public Sector -- Privacy and Security -- The Digital Divide -- Conclusions -- Accountability, Transparency and Ethics -- Accountability -- Transparency -- Corruption -- Financial Reporting -- Performance Reporting -- Internal Audit -- External Audit -- Public Sector Ethos -- Promoting Ethics in the Public Sector -- Conclusions -- Outsourcing -- The Contracting Environment -- Contracting and Commissioning -- The NHS and Community Care -- The European Union Directives -- Local Government -- 'New' Institutional Economics -- Obligational and Adversarial Contracting -- Payment by Results -- Success and Failure in Contracting -- IT Contracting -- European Trends -- Conclusions -- Public-Private Partnerships -- Why PPPs? -- Types of Agreement -- Prisons -- Metronet 2003-2007 -- Building Schools for the Future 2004-2010 -- Hospitals -- Urban Regeneration/Property Development -- Highways -- Is there a Future for PPP? -- Conclusions -- Regulation of Infrastructure and Utilities -- Infrastructure and Utilities Regulation in the UK -- Theories of Regulation -- Regulatory Capture -- Regulatory Approaches and Strategy -- Financing Infrastructure Development -- How IRAs Regulate Prices -- Hybrid Systems of Regulation -- Regulatory Capacity -- Conclusions -- Social Enterprises, Non-Profits and the Third Sector -- The Role of the Third Sector in Public Sector Management -- Government Policy on the Relationship between the 'Third Sector' and the Public Sector -- Scale and Scope of the Third Sector -- Governance Types -- Not Too Big to Fail -- Changing Ethos and Strategy -- The Nature of Voluntary Work -- Voluntary Financing of the Third Sector -- Managing Museums -- Managing Universities -- Managing NGOs in Development Cooperation Programmes -- Conclusions

The seventh edition of the bestselling Public Sector Management is a rich and insightful description, analysis and critique of the management of the public sector by the UK government.