The Projectification of the Public Sector (Rout, Hodgson, Fred, Hall, Bailey..

Name: The Projectification of the Public Sector (Rout, Hodgson, Fred, Hall, Bailey..
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Projectification of the Public SectorAuthor(s): Damian Hodgson, Mats Fred, Simon Bailey, Patrik Hall\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138298545, 978-1138298545\nSynopsis\nIn recent decades, we have witnessed an increasing use of projects and similar temporary modes of organising in the public sector of nations in Europe and around the world. While for some this is a welcome development which unlocks entrepreneurial zeal and renders public services more flexible and accountable, others argue that this seeks to depoliticise policy initiatives, rendering them increasingly technocratic, and that the project organisations formed in this process offer fragmented and unsustainable short-term solutions to long-term problems.\n\nThis volume sets out to address public sector projectification by drawing together research from a range of academic fields to develop a critical and theoretically-informed understanding of th.