公共政策は、社会において日々の生活で必要不可欠となるさまざまな分野に影響を及ぼします。治安の維持や、社会保障、公共交通、そして教育などにも関わりますが、近年、公共政策においても緊縮が行われており、あり方について見直しが求められている分野です。本書は、グローバルな視点に立ち、さまざまな国々のケーススタディーを紹介しています。その他、公共事業の民営化など歴史を通して、現在までの歩み、そして未来を占います。
   

• Covers all areas of public administration, including public safety, social welfare, public transport and state provided education
• Offers a global perspective, drawing on real case studies taken from a wide array of countries
• Considers the issues and challenges which confront the public sector worldwide

   
Public administration ensures the development and delivery of the essential public services required for sustaining modern civilization. Covering areas from public safety and social welfare to transportation and education, the services provided through the public sector are inextricably part of our daily lives. However, mandatory budgetary cuts in recent years have caused public administrators to radically re-think how they govern in the modern age. 
        
In this Very Short Introduction Stella Theodoulou and Ravi Roy offer practical insight into the major challenges confronting the public sector in the globalized era. Tackling some of the most hotly debated issues of our time, including the privatization of public services and government surveillance, they take the reader on a global journey through history to examine the origins, development, and continued evolution of public administration.