Synopses & Reviews
This important new work updates the arguments of Christopher Hood's classic work The Tools of Government for the twenty-first century. Revised and updated throughout and drawing its examples from a wide range of places and contexts, it includes substantially increased coverage of how government gets information and an assessment of how the tools available to government have changed over time--especially with new developments in digital technologies.
Synopsis
This important new work updates the arguments of Christopher Hood's classic work The Tools of Government for the Twenty-First century. Comprehensively revised throughout, it includes increased coverage of how government gets information and an assessment of how the tools available to government have changed over time.
Synopsis
This important new work updates the arguments of Christopher Hood's classic work The Tools of Government for the twenty-first century. Revised and updated throughout and drawing its examples from a wide range of places and contexts, it includes substantially increased coverage of how government gets information and an assessment of how the tools available to government have changed over time--especially with new developments in digital technologies.
About the Author
Christopher C. Hood is Gladstone Professor of Government, and Helen Z. Margetts is Professor of Society and the Internet, both at University of Oxford.
Table of Contents
Exploring Governments' Toolshed * Nodality * Treasure * Authority * Organization * Government as a Toolkit * Alternative Approaches to the Tools of Government * A Changing Mix of Government Tools in the Digital Age