TY - BOOK AU - Greener,Ian TI - Public management: a critical text SN - 2009013900 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Public administration N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -