The changing relationships among the public, private and nonprofit sectors are raising important issues for public management. Policy is increasingly ‘mashed-up,’ extending across multiple departments, relying on a diversity of agents for implementation and requiring new approaches to effective oversight. To varying degrees, both centralisation of executive powers and decentralisation of authorities are at play. Public management risks being hyper- politicised, just as citizens are demanding more meaningful engagement and utilising new channels to obtain it. These demands, in concert with financial constraints, have many worried about issues of democracy and accountability. At this crowded intersection, there are few easy answers, multiple challenges and potential new opportunities.

IRSPM2014 explores the implications for public management of the evolving intersections of governance, democracy and accountability.

Please visit www.irspm2014.com for instructions on how to submit an abstract: all abstracts are submitted through the web-based conference management system. Authors will be notified by November 25th. Thank you.

The IRSPM2014 Local Organizing Committee

Susan Phillips, Chair

Professor and Director

Deborah Nurse, IRSPM2014 Assistant

Kevin Nugent, Technical Advisor

School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University

5224 River Building, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6

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