The authors examine critically the political forces that enabled 'more and better management' to be presented as a solution to the problems of the welfare state, and trace the emergence of new dilemmas in the provision of public services

This article explores the implications for issues of equality and diversity in the Labour government's programme of public service modernization. Networks and partnerships are viewed as a response to the increasing complexity and ambiguity of the public realm. But in the new knowledge-based and...

<title>Abstract</title> The management of cities has to address new risks, insecurities and emergencies. In this article we analyse the management of the aftermath of two crises -- a tornado that hit a part of Birmingham in the UK, and a fireworks explosion that hit a part of the city of Enschede in The...

<italic>This article focuses on public leadership as public-making, drawing on the work of an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) seminar series on Emergent Publics. The article explores three sets of processes on which publicmaking depends: those of summoning, mediation and mobilization....</italic>