Providing a Municipal Ambulance Service

Managing Local Government: Cases in Decision Making: Providing A Municipal Ambulance Service demonstrates that the task of policy analysis clearly requires much more than simply “processing the numbers” to find the best-case, most efficient, or even least-cost solution to a problem. This e-book also demonstrates the conflicts between professional public administration's two main principles: responsiveness (to the citizens being served) and efficiency (in the provision of public services).