Governance, Management and Development Making the State Work

Administration, Management, Governance and Development.- Organizational Environments: Comparisons, Contrasts and Significance.- Law and Order: Insecurity, Crime, Conflict and Violence.- The Policy Process: How and Who?.- Structuring and Managing Government Organizations for Developmental Success.- Administration and Civil Service Reform.- Planning for Development: From Writing National Plans to Tackling 'Wicked Problems'.- Decentralization within the State: Good Theory but Poor Practice?.- Economic Development and the Public Sector From State Ownership to Enabling Environment.- Beyond the State, Beyond the Market? Civil Society and NGOs.- Conclusion: What Future for the Public Sector?.