HOOD CHRISTOPHER

Providing a novel, analytical perspective on executive government, this timely book examines recent public sector reform policies in a number of countries. The book exposes key dimensions of the relationship between public servants and the wider political system, examining both the formalized and the implicit understandings between the two....

Why are vast sums spent on controlling some risks but not others? Is there any logic in current risk regulation techniques? These key questions are explored in   The Government of Risk. This book exposes the components of risk regulation systems and examines their interaction and explanation. The approach employed is of high policy...

This important new study, by a leading scholar in the field, offers a fresh perspective on public management. In contrast to the widespread claim of the 'modernization gurus' that a new era of global convergence is dawning in public management, it uses cultural theory to show why ideas about how to manage government are inherently plural and...