Purpose – The chapter provides a review of the debates about the discipline of public administration and public management as art, craft, and science. Thus, the chapter includes a conceptualization of public administration and a discussion of public administration and public management...

Purpose – The primary purpose of this chapter is to explore the potential implications of the 2008 banking crisis for university business and management schools and to reflect upon the organizational and pedagogic possibilities highlighted by the changes discussed. Design/Approach – The...

Purpose – The purpose of this chapter is to consider “equality mainstreaming” as an international policy and to explore some of the implications this raises for public management. Design/Methodology/Approach – The methodology is based on literature review looking at the way gender...

Purpose – This chapter aims to provide an overview of public administration practices in Brazil for the last 200 years, highlighting its main characteristics and the relationship between state and society. The chapter begins with the arrival of the Portuguese Crown in Brazil in 1808 and...

Purpose – This chapter addresses a range of questions about public management reform in ‘Napoleonic’ administrative systems. It starts by addressing the descriptive question about what trajectories of reform occurred, and then explores what has been the fundamental stance toward new public...

Purpose – This chapter reviews the approaches to the decentralization of services and the devolution of decision-making to local structures outlined by the New Labour government in the United Kingdom. The chapter draws upon earlier attempts by Town Halls in urban areas to introduce new forms...

Purpose – To provide a select perspective from India in terms of its Civil Services, leadership, and its unique challenges. Design/Methodology/Approach – This chapter features an interview with L. V. Saptharishi, Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of...

Purpose – This chapter looks fundamentally at public management reform in Australia since the early 1980s within an international context. Design/Methodology/Approach – The approach of this chapter is historical and theoretical, tracing the change from traditional public administration to...

Purpose – This chapter argues that “Partnership Learning to learn” across different disciplinary and professional boundaries is integral to good practice and is necessary in order to promote and to support multidisciplinary practice and education. Design/Methodology – The chapter draws...