Emerging and Potential Trends in Public Management—An Age of Austerity

International contributors in business, social science, and policy studies offer essays based on practice and research, but also on speculation and analysis. The book begins with an overview of the traditions and assumptions which have informed contemporary debates within the fields of public administration and public management. It then looks at the changing role of business and management schools and considers different models of organizing and structuring research and teaching. There is special focus on various public policy initiatives which are informed by a recognition that existing structures and models of practice are failing. Several chapters overview trends in public sector management in Brazil, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Australia. There is no subject index. Diamond teaches business at Edge Hill University, UK. Liddle teaches business at Teesside University, UK. The book is distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)