Limited physical copies of the key reading are available in the library but there is a free on-line access (need to be connected to Uni). Useful general reading is also listed below. In addition to this, targeted reading will be assigned and where possible supplied via the VLE to support the tasks in individual weeks workshops or to provide a context for the lectures; this can be found in the Week-by-Week section of the site.
i. books
Bevir, M (2013) The SAGE handbook of Governance, London: Sage
Bovaird, T. and L ¶ffler, E. (2009) Public Management and Governance, 2nd Edition, Routledge.
Ferlie, E., Lynn, L.E. and Pollitt, C. (2005) The Oxford Handbook of Public Management. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (e-book)
Flynn, N. (2007) Public Sector Management, 5th Edition, Prentice Hall.
Greener, I. (2009) Public Management: a critical text, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hughes, O.E. (2012) Public Management and Administration, 4th Edition, Palgrave (electronic resource).
Lane, J-E. (2009) State Management: an enquiry into models of public administration, Abingdon Routledge, (electronic resource)
OECD. (various years). Government at a Glance. Paris: OECD.
Pollitt, C. and Bouckaert, G. (2011) Public Management Reform: A comparative analysis, new public management and the Neo-Weberian State, Oxford University Press.
ii. articles
Thynne, I. (2003) Making sense of public management reform: drivers and supporters in comparative perspective, Public Management Review, 5, 3, 449-459.
Welch, E. and Wong, W. (1998) Public administration in a global context: bridging the gaps of theory and practice between Western and non-Western nations, Public Administration Review, 58, 1, 40-49.
Wise, L.R. (2002) Public management reform: Competing drivers of change, Public Administration Review, 62, 5, 555-567.
Bryson, J.M, Crosby, B.C. and Bloomberg, L. (2014) Public Value Governance: Moving beyond traditional public administration and the New Public Management, Public Administration Review, 74, 4, 445-456.