The Public Sector: Concepts, Models and Approaches

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SAGE Publications, May 2, 2000 - Political Science - 368 pages
The Third Edition of this successful textbook introduces students to the major concepts, models, and approaches surrounding the public sector. Now fully updated to include coverage of the New Public Management (NPM), The Public Sector is the most comprehensive textbook on theories of public policy and public administration.

The Public Sector is introduced within a three-part framework: public resource allocation, redistribution and regulation. Jan-Erik Lane explains the basic concepts of each of these broad areas, and goes on to examine their consequences for various approaches to the making and implementation of public policy.

The book explores models of management, effectiveness and

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About the author (2000)

Jan-Erik Lane is Professor of Political Science at the University of Geneva.

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