Greener, Ian. <br/><br/>
Public management :  a critical text / 
Ian Greener 
 - New York :  Palgrave Macmillan,  c2009 
 - viii, 202 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>The context of public management. Public and private management ; The changing role of the state ; Changing ideas about public management -- Organisational ideas in public management under challenge. Paying for public services ; The use of markets in the public sector ; The role of users in public services -- Contemporary issues in public management. Performance management ; Professionals in public management -- Conclusion. Putting it all together - managing contradictions in public management 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>2009013900 9780230203280 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public administration