FRONT COVER -- EMERGING AND POTENTIAL TRENDS IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT: AN AGE OF AUSTERITY -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- THINKING ABOUT THE SCALE OF CHANGE -- ANTICIPATING THESE DEBATES -- CHAPTER 1 THE FUTURE OF THE DISCIPLINE: TRENDS IN PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: THE DISCIPLINE AND THE DEBATE -- DECLINE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND THE RISE OF PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT? -- PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT SCHOLARSHIP -- PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT RESEARCH -- FUTURE TRENDS IN PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT: OCCAM'S RAZOR? -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2 BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT SCHOOLS IN TIMES OF CRISIS AND AUSTERITY: CHOICES AND DILEMMAS -- INTRODUCTION -- A NEW CONTEXT: CRISIS-LED OR PARADIGM SHIFT? -- QUESTIONING THE ROLE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT SCHOOLS -- PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS, AND PRACTICE: RESHAPING PUBLIC MANAGEMENT EDUCATION? -- SCHOOLS FOR CIVIL SOCIETY: RISKY LEARNING? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3 MAINSTREAMING EQUALITY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC MANAGEMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- GENDER MAINSTREAMING -- GENDER MAINSTREAMING AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- FROM GENDER MAINSTREAMING TO ''EQUALITIES'' MAINSTREAMING -- PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND EQUALITY MAINSTREAMING -- UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETING EQUALITY IN THE POLICY PROCESS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4 PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT TRENDS IN BRAZIL -- INTRODUCTION -- BPA's PATH OF TRANSFORMATIONS -- RECENT TRANSFORMATIONS: OLD OR NEW PATHS? -- FINAL THOUGHTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5 FROM RELUCTANT TO COMPELLED REFORMERS? REFLECTIONS ON THREE DECADES OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REFORM IN FRANCE, GREECE, ITALY, PORTUGAL, AND SPAIN -- INTRODUCTION -- A CLUSTER OF COUNTRIES -- CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT.

ACTORS IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REFORMS -- SOME ''STRATEGIC'' STANCES -- SPECULATING ABOUT THE FUTURE: PMR IN AN ERA OF FISCAL CRISIS AND SEARCH FOR A NEW GOVERNANCE -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: OPEN QUESTIONS FOR HIGH-LEVEL EXPERTS -- CHAPTER 6 DOUBLE DEVOLUTION AT THE CROSSROADS? LESSONS IN DELIVERING SUSTAINABLE AREA DECENTRALIZATION -- CONTEXT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE RATIONALE FOR AREA DECENTRALIZED WORKING -- THE TOWN HALL AND BELOW - TOWARD A LOCAL VISION -- TRANSFERABLE LESSON DRAWING IN SUCCESSFUL AREA DECENTRALIZATION -- DOUBLE DEVOLUTION AT THE CROSSROADS: CULTURE CHANGE IN AREA DECENTRALIZATION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7 LEADERSHIP, WTO, COMMERCE, AND NEW STRATEGIES FOR CORPORATIZATION OF GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS: A TOP INDIAN BUREAUCRAT'S TAKE -- CHAPTER 8 PUBLIC SECTOR TRENDS IN AUSTRALIA -- INTRODUCTION -- PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REFORM -- THE TRADITIONAL MODEL OF ADMINISTRATION IN AUSTRALIA -- PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REFORM -- THE GREAT DEBATE -- INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS -- WHERE TO NEXT? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9 NEW PROFESSIONALISM AND PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT: A REFLECTION ON COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE IN UK TEACHER EDUCATION -- POSITIONING STATEMENT -- BACKGROUND -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTEXT: POLICY, POLITICS, AND ECONOMICS -- EXPANDING THE CAPACITY TO LEARN: A DISTINCT PEDAGOGIC APPROACH TO PARTNERSHIP LEARNING TO LEARN -- PARTNERSHIP AS A FORM OF COLLABORATION AND LEARNING -- LEADING AND MANAGING COLLABORATION THROUGH PARTNERSHIP LEARNING AT LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY -- REFLECTIONS ON THE LEADERSHIP STYLE ASSOCIATED WITH GOOD OR PROMISING COLLABORATION IN TEACHER EDUCATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CONCLUSION: REFLECTING UPON THE PAST AND ANTICIPATING THE IMMEDIATE.