1. Introduction -- 2. The public sector efficiency problem -- 3. Productive efficiency 4. Distributive efficiency -- 5. Dynamic efficiency -- 6. Allocative efficiency -- 7. Managing for efficiency in a democracy -- 8. Conclusion.

Introduction -- Bureaucracy and public management -- Autonomy and public management -- Marketisation and public management -- Collaboration and public management -- Changing agendas of public management research.

Governments increasingly see partnerships as their delivery instrument of choice. There is disagreement, however, about how the proliferation of these institutions should be understood. One interpretation sees ungovernability, instability and unaccountability in the fragmented institutions of...

Purpose – This paper aims to consider whether there is significant divergence between the Welsh and English approaches to partnership working. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis reported stems from a research project, commissioned by the Welsh Assembly Government in 2002, which...