Reasserting the Public in Public Services : New Public Management Reforms (Hardcover)

1. Introduction: Reasserting the Role of the State in Public Services - M. Ramesh and Eduardo Araral, Jr.  2. The Role of the State in Governing: Governance and Metagovernance - B. Guy Peters  3. Reversing Privatization, Rebalancing Government Reform: Markets, Deliberation and Planning - Mildred Warner  4. Why Legality cannot be Contracted Out: Exploring the Limits of New Public Management - Jon Pierre  5. How Far Has Market Orientation Penetrated Public Organisations? An Empirical Test On Customer Satisfaction - Richard M. Walker  6. Repositioning the State and the Public Sector Reform Agenda: The Case of Hong Kong - Anthony B. L. Cheung  7. Reassertions of the State in Viet Nam's Health Sector - Jonathan D. London  8. Reasserting the Role of the State in the Healthcare Sector: Lessons from Asia - M. Ramesh  9. Reasserting the Public in Public Service Delivery: The De-privatization and De-marketization of Education in China - Martin Painter & Ka Ho Mok  10. Planning For Power: Lessons from Three Generations of Brazilian Electricity Reforms - Paul A. Barter  11. Public Planning with Business Delivery of Urban Public Transport - Sunil Tankha  12. The Fiscal and Efficiency Hypothesis of Water Utilities Privatization: A Review of the Evidence - Eduardo Araral  13. Conclusion: Contradictions, Contingencies and the Terrain Ahead - Scott A. Fritzen and Wu Xun