Provides an evaluation of strategic management in public governance in Europe
Presents case study analysis of developments in the European Union and its member states to reveal how strategic management is being applied in practice
Demonstrates how multi-level involvement, participation issues and different national contexts affect the application of strategic management.

Provides an evaluation of strategic management in public governance in Europe Presents case study analysis of developments in the European Union and its member states to reveal how strategic management is being applied in practice Demonstrates how multi-level involvement, participation issues and different national contexts affect the application of strategic management.

Autorentext

Anne Drumaux is Professor and Co-Director of Public Management research at the Solvay Brussels School in Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. Paul Joyce is Associate at the Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham, UK. He is also an Affiliated Researcher in the Department of Public Management at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, and Visiting Professor at Leeds Beckett University, UK.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Chapter 1: The strategic state and public governance in European institutions.- Chapter 2: Public Governance in Member States.- Chapter 3: Member States' Outcomes and Desirable Societies.- Chapter 4: The governance system for the Europe 2020 strategy.- Chapter 5: Political leadership and the Europe 2020 Strategy.- Chapter 6: The Member States' willingness and capabilities.- Chapter 7: The Commission as core of the government for the Europe 2020 strategy.- Chapter 8: Summarising and Generalising.