Paradoxes of modernization: unintended consequences of public policy reform

Paradoxes of Modernization explores the unintended and unanticipated effects associated with 'modernization' projects and tackles the key question that they provoke - why do policy-makers persist in such enterprises in the face of evidence that they tend to fail? INDICE: Part 1: Understanding Modernization's Paradoxes; 1: ChristopherHood, Helen Margetts, and Perri 6: Introduction; 2: Helen Margetts: Modernization Dreams and Public Policy Reform; 3: Perri 6: When Forethought and OutturnPart: Types of Unanticipated and Unintended Consequences; Part 2: Societal Innovations; 4: H. George Frederickson and Edmund C. Stazyk: Ranking of U.S. Public Affairs Educational Programs: Searching for Quality, Finding Equilibrium; 5: Jeanette Hofmann: Et in Arcadia Ego: From Techno-Utopia to Cybercrime; 6: Yorick Wilks: Happy Surprises? The Development of the World Wide Web and the Semantic Web; Part 3: State-Centred Reforms; 7: Devi Sridhar: Addressing Under-nutrition in India: Do 'Rational' Approaches Work?; 8: Justin Keen: Integrationat any Price: The Case of the NHS National Programme for Information Technology; 9: Timothy Leunig: Post-world War II British Railways: The Unintended Consequences of Insufficient Government Intervention; Part 4: Modernization of theState; 10: David Marsden: The Paradox of Performance-related Pay Systems: WhyDo We Keep Adopting Them in the Face of Evidence That They Fail to Motivate?;11: George Boyne, Oliver James, Peter John, and Nicolai Petrovsky: What if Public Management Reform Actually Works? The Paradoxical Success of Performance Management in English Local Government; Part 5: Conclusion; 12: Helen Margetts, Perri 6, and Christopher Hood: Modernization, Balance, and Variety

• ISBN: 978-0-19-957354-7
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 17/06/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés