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2008
- PMPA/National School of Government Practitioner Exchange 2007: What is evidence and how do we make best use of it? Edited by Michaela Lavender (July)
- The Future of Local Government: Has It One? By George Jones, Emeritus Professor of Government, LSE (May)
2007
- Watchdogs Straining at the Leash Edited by Michaela Lavender (November)
- Managing Stakeholders in the Public Sector By Merlin Stone, Ashley Semmens and Neil Woodcock (September)
- Leading and Measuring Improvement in Local Government by John Wilson and Colin Moore (June)
2006
- Modernizing Governance: Leadership, Red Flags, Trust and Professional Power by Andrew Massey and William Hutton (December)
- What is Public Management For? Edited by Michaela Lavender, Foreword by Sir Gus O'Donnell (August)
- Public Service Improvement - The Conditions for Success and the Scottish Experience by Robert W. Black, Auditor General for Scotland (May)
2005
- Why are we so badly governed? Sir Christopher Foster (October)
- The State of Britain: A Guide to the UK Public Sector by Andrew Massey. Published in association with the British Council with a foreword by Lord Kinnock, Chair of the British Council (July)
- The Future of Local Government - Sir Jeremy Beecham (February)
2004
2003
- Tackling inequalities in health: the local dimension - Rabbi Julia Neuberger
- Delivery - the role of the voluntary sector - Stuart Etherington
2002
- Accountability and Performance Improvement - Are They Complementary? - Caroline Mawhood, National Audit Office
2001
- Understanding the psychological contract in the public sector - Ewart Wooldridge
- Civil Service Reform - Vernon Bogdanor & Richard Wilson
- The Corruption of politics and the politics of corruption - Christopher Foster
2000
- March 2000 - Supporting Democratic Scrutiny by Public Audit
Robert W. Black (Auditor General for Scotland)
PDF size:170K, 25 pages | PDF Help - Two concepts of accountability: is a bridge possible between them (Christopher Foster)
- The governance narrative: key findings and lessons from the ESRC's Whitehall programme - R A W Rhodes
1999
- The end of cabinet government (Christopher Foster)
- Modernizing the policy process - Michael Bichard
- The state of Britain: a guide to the UK public sector - Andrew Massey