Books and compendiums can be bought in Akademika bookstore at Blindern campus. You will need a valid semester card to buy compendiums.
Books
'T Hart, Paul. (2014) Understanding Public Leadership. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.
Greener, Ian. (2013) Public Management. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.
Compendium which can be bought at Kopiutsalget at Akademika bookstore
Allison, Graham T. 1997. "Public and Private Management: Are They Fundamentally Alike in All Unimportant Respects? (1980)." In Classics of Public Administration, edited by Jay M. Shafritz and Albert C. Hyde, 383-400. Fort Worth, Philadelphia: Harcourt Brace College Publishers.
Christensen, Tom, Per Lægreid, Paul G. Roness og Kjell Arne Rørvik (2007): Organization Theory and the Public Sector. London/New York: Routledge. Chapter 1: Organization theory for the public sector (pp1-19)
Hughes, Owen E. 2012. Public management and administration: an introduction. 4 ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Chapter 3: The Traditional Model of Public Administration
Lipsky, Michael. 2010. Street-level bureaucracy: dilemmas of the individual in public services. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Preface, Chapter 1: The critical role of street-level bureaucrats , Chapter 2: Street-level bureaucrats as policy makers
Pollitt, Christopher. 2003. The essential public manager. Maidenhead: Open University Press. Chapter 1: Public sector, private sector – where would we be without a few good stereotypes?
Selznick, Philip. 1957. Leadership in administration: a sociological interpretation. New York: Harper & Row. Chapter 1: Introduction
Tummers, Lars, Sebastian Jilke, and Steven Van de Walle. 2013. "Citizens in charge? Reviewing the background and value of introducing choice and competition in public services”. In: Public Administration Reformation: Market Demand from Public Organizations, edited by Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Mahmud Shareef, Sanjay K. Pandey and Vinod Kumar, 24-42. New York: Routledge.
Weber, Max. 1997. "Bureaucracy (1922)." In Classics of Public Administration, edited by Jay M. Shafritz and Albert C. Hyde, 37-43. Fort Worth, Philadelphia: Harcourt Brace College Publishers.
Wilson, James Q. 1989. Bureaucracy. What government agencies do and why they do it. New York: Basic Books. Chapter 9 (Compliance), Chapter 10 (Turf)
Online articles
Behn, Robert D. 1998. "What Right Do Public Managers Have to Lead?" Public Administration Review 58 (3):209-224. doi: 10.2307/976561.
Blomqvist, Paula. 2004. "The Choice Revolution: Privatization of Swedish Welfare Services in the 1990s." Social Policy & Administration 38 (2):139-155. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2004.00382.x.
Boin, Arjen, and Tom Christensen. 2008. "The Development of Public Institutions: Reconsidering the Role of Leadership." Administration & Society 40 (3):271-297. doi: 10.1177/0095399707313700.
Christensen, Tom, Per Lægreid, and Lise Hellebø Rykkja. 2013. "After a Terrorist Attack: Challenges for Political and Administrative Leadership in Norway." Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management 21 (3):167-177. doi: 10.1111/1468-5973.12019.
Hood, Christopher. 2006. "Gaming in Targetworld: The Targets Approach to Managing British Public Services." Public Administration Review 66 (4):515-521. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00612.x.
John, Peter. 2017. "Finding Exits and Voices: Albert Hirschman's Contribution to the Study of Public Services." International Public Management Journal 20 (3):512-529. doi: 10.1080/10967494.2016.1141814
Le Grand, Julian. 2010. "Knights and Knaves Return: Public Service Motivation and the Delivery of Public Services." International Public Management Journal 13 (1):56-71. doi: 10.1080/10967490903547290.
Tummers, Lars. 2015. Street-level bureaucrats help clients, even in difficult circumstances. Policy brief for Marie Curie Project “COPING”. http://larstummers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Marie-Curie-Policy-Brief-COPING-Tummers.pdf
Wilson, Deborah. 2013. "Targets and Rankings; Choice and Voice: Performance Indicators and Public Service Accountability." In Public Services: A New Reform Agenda, edited by Henry Kippin, Gerry Stoker and Simon Griffiths, 145-158. London: Bloomsbury. http://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/public-services-a-new-reform-agenda/ch9-targets-and-rankings-choice-and-voice-performance-indicators-and-public-service-accountability/
Online articles:
- are available through the University Library databases.
- are limited to computers that are connected UiO's network. You can get access from home and when travelling.
- are easy to find. Tutorials and help to access journals and other restricted library resources.