Public Policy and Performance Management in Democratic Systems Theor
This book applies various theoretical tools to explore the advantages and disadvantages of performance management systems, the ways in which they can be improved, and the strategies through which they can be designed and integrated into the policy making
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Shlomo Mizrahi
Public Policy and Performance Management in Democratic Systems Theory and Practice
Shlomo Mizrahi Public Policy and Administration Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Beer Sheva, Israel
ISBN 978-3-319-52349-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-52350-7
ISBN 978-3-319-52350-7 (eBook)
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PREFACE
This book explores the operation of performance management systems, the ways in which they can be improved to foster accountability and effectiveness, and the strategies through which they can be designed and integrated into policy making and institutional reform processes. The book presents an integrative framework for explaining and designing such systems using policy design methods, formal (game-theoretical) modeling, operational management, new institutionalism, and cross-country statistical comparisons. This approach opens up new avenues of research, provides scholars and students with new methodological tools, and equips public officials, politicians, and citizens with practical methods for improving the performance of the public sector. The book suggests that institutional arrangements that might strengthen public accountability and effective management should foster organizational learning and should be planned and integrated into the policy process as such. In these processes, senior public administrators play a significant role as institutional entrepreneurs who promote social change. The book is the outcome o
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