Research Catalog

Title

Challenging the performance movement : accountability, complexity, and democratic values / Beryl A. Radin.

Author

Radin, Beryl A., 1936-

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2006.

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Description

x, 260 p.; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Public management and change series

Uniform Title

Public management and change.

Subjects

• Performance
• Administrative agencies > Management > Evaluation
• Performance technology > Political aspects > United States
• Organizational effectiveness > Measurement

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The ubiquitous nature of performance -- The performance mindset -- One size fits all -- Demeaning professionals : throwing out the baby with the bathwater? -- Competing values : can the performance movement deal with equity? -- The reality of fragmentation : power and authority in the U.S. political system -- Intergovernmental relationships : power and authority in the U.S. political system -- Information, interests, and ideology -- Competing values in a global context : performance activities in the World Bank -- Conflicting patterns of assumptions : where do we go from here?

Call Number

JFD 06-11458

ISBN

1589010914 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005027246
• 9781589010918

OCLC

61687807

Author

Radin, Beryl A., 1936-

Title

Challenging the performance movement : accountability, complexity, and democratic values / Beryl A. Radin.

Imprint

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2006.

Series

Public management and change series

Public management and change.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Standard Identifier

9781589010918

Research Call Number

JFD 06-11458