"Strategic Management in Public Organizations: European Practices and Perspectives offers the first wide-ranging survey and assessment of strategic management practices at various levels of government and public service in European countries. It shows that strategic management is much more than...

Introduction / Evan Moll Ghin and Mads Bøge Kristiansen -- Public management in times of austerity: the literature / Eva Moll Ghin and Mads Bøge Kristiansen -- The five case countries / Eva Moll Ghin and Mads Bøge Kristiansen -- Germany: an outlier in terms of fiscal adjustment / Jobst...

1. Co-production as a maturing concept / Taco Brandsen, Victor Pestoff and Bram Verschuere -- 2. Co-production and third sector social services in Europe : some crucial conceptual issues / Victor Pestoff -- 3. From engagement to co-production : how users and communities contribute to public...

1. The rise of branding in governance processes -- 2. The many faces of branding : definitions, functions, and forms -- 3. Branding to influence perceptions about policy problems and solutions -- 4. Branding to activate, motivate, and bind stakeholders in governance processes -- 5. Brands and...

Setting the stage for a case analysis -- Urban regeneration in Ireland -- Healthcare information systems in Ireland -- Advancing the case for complex adaptive systems in public administration -- The impact of boundaries : identity, community, and place -- The vision thing : the dynamics of...