Crossing Boundaries in Public Management and Policy : The International Experience

In the 21st century governments are increasingly focusing on designing ways and means of connecting across boundaries to achieve goals. Whether issues are complex and challenging - climate change, international terrorism, intergenerational poverty- or more straightforward - provision of a single point of entry to government or delivering integrated public services - practitioners and scholars increasingly advocate the use of approaches which require connections across various boundaries, be they organizational, jurisdictional or sectorial.Governments around the world conti

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	O'Flynn, Janine
Other Persons:	Blackman, Deborah (contributor) ; Halligan, John (contributor)
Publisher:	Hoboken : Taylor and Francis

Extent:	Online-Ressource (336 p)
Series:	Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management Ser
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Cover; Crossing Boundaries in Public Management and Policy; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Part I Introduction and the fundamental questions; 1 Crossing boundaries in public management and policy: an introduction; 2 Crossing boundaries: the fundamental questions in public management and policy; Part II Solutions to cross-boundary dilemmas?; 3 The cross-organizational collaboration solution? Conditions, roles and dynamics in New Zealand 4 The boundary-spanning solution? Crossing boundaries in the United States5 The culture solution? Culture and common purpose in Australia; 6 The structure solution? Public sector mergers in the United Kingdom; 7 The people and structure solution? Collegial administration in Norway; 8 The performance target solution? Cross-cutting public service agreements in the United Kingdom; 9 The collaboration solution? Factors for collaborative success; 10 The soft power solution? Managing without authority; 11 The diagnostic solution? Gauging readiness forcross-boundary working 12 The responsiveness solution? Embedding horizontal governance in CanadaPart III Cases of crossing boundaries in public management and policy; 13 Children's services: the impact of service integration in England; 14 Education and employment: stumbling across boundaries in the Netherlands; 15 Health: overcoming service delivery gaps in Austria; 16 Community safety: partnerships across boundaries in England; 17 Airport enclaves: bridging boundary tensions between airports and cities; Part IV Conclusion; 18 Crossing boundaries in public management and policy: conclusion and future issues; Index
ISBN:	978-0-415-67824-7 ; 978-1-136-26008-7 ; 978-0-415-67824-7
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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