Increasing to 6 issue in 2008

Public Money & Management

Published on behalf of The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy

Edited by:
Andrew Gray and Jane Broadbent
Managing Editor: Michaela Lavender

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2006: 17/23 (Public Administration)
Impact Factor: 0.417

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Public Money & Management is a popular review of policy and management issues in the public service and regulated industries. Authoritative and independent, the journal is essential reading for public sector managers and consultants, academics and students with interests in politics, public policy and management, economics and government.

Public Money & Management is one of the few publications that really brings research and practice together and looks to join up government.
 

TopNews and Announcements

2007 ISI Ranking in Public Administration: In 2007 Public Money & Management moved from 17th to 11th place in the Public Administration category, with an Impact Factor of 0.779.

Future issues
Some of PMM's bimonthly issues include a collection of articles grouped around a theme. These issues are edited by one or more guest editors who work closely with the editorial team. Future themed issues include:

• Sustainable development and the public sector. Guest editors: Jan Bebbington and Amanda Ball (Vol. 28, No. 6, December 2008).
• Consumerism in public services. Guest editor: Catherine Needham (Vol. 29, No. 2, March 2009).
• Whole of government financial reporting: international trends. Guest editors: Sue Newberry and Giuseppe Grossi (Vol. 29, No. 3, May 2009).
• The privatization of British Telecom: 25 years of economic regulation. Guest editor: David Parker (Vol. 29, No. 5, September 2009).
• Religion, welfare and public policy. Guest editor: Francis Davis (Vol. 29, 2009).
• Public sector efficiency. Guest editor: Peter Jackson (Vol. 30, No. 1, January 2010). PMM's 30th anniversary issue.
• Public policy and management legacies of Olympic games. Guest editors: Richard Bailey and Andy Masheter (2010)

Special Offers

• CIPFA individual members can subscribe to Public Money & Management at a 30% discount. See subscription details for further information
• Joint rates are availiable for an institutional subscription with Financial Accountability & Management 
• Subscribers to Public Administration can subscribe to Public Money & Management at a 10% discount.
  

TopHighlights

VOLUME 27 NUMBER 4 SEPTEMBER 2007

THEME: ACADEMIC ADVICE TO PRACTITIONERS
Editorial
Andrew Gray & Christopher Pollitt

Academic Advice to Practitioners - the Role and Use of Research-Based Evidence
Huw Davies, Sandra Nutley & Isabel Walter

Is Evidence for Policy Good for Democracy?
David Walker

Going Native: Messages from the World of the Academic Consultant
Bob Hudson

Academics and Practitioners: Speak Metaphorically
William Solesbury

Local Government Attitudes to External Consultancy Support
Michael Hughes, Robert Dalziel, Keith Baker & Pam Fox

Reducing the Knowledge - Practice Gap: A New Method Applied to Crime Prevention

Frans L. Leeuw, Leontien M. Van Der Knapp & Stefan Bogaerts

 

Translating Evidence into Practice: Why is it so Difficult?

Alan Maynard

 

Making Sense of Policy Advice

Peter M. Jackson

 

Research Councils, Universities and Local Government: Building Bridges

John Mawson

 

Practising What We Preach? Academic Consultancy in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment

Iain Docherty & Denis Smith

 

New Development: Connecting Public Service Researchers and Practitioners

Helen Coleman

 

NON-THEME: ARTICLES

Improvement Boards: Building Capability for Public Service Improvement Through Peer Support

Carol Yapp & Chris Skelcher

 

Assessing the Quality of Local Governance: A Case Study of Public Services

Tony Bovaird & Elke Loeffler

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