Strategy is vital to effective and efficient public service delivery as well as successful governance and leadership‎.‎ This new text provides a concise yet systematic overview of the achievements‎,‎ downfalls and complexities of public strategy in today‎'‎s globalized and often market‎-driven world‎.‎ It describes the place of strategy in civic societies whose citizens are more interconnected and vocal than ever‎.‎ It shows that successful strategic planning goes well beyond problem‎-solving to developing adaptable plans that can evolve as requirements and circumstances change‎.‎ And it explains why muddling through simply won‎'‎t work‎.‎ Emphasizing the importance of applying a variety of techniques to the process of strategy‎-creation‎,‎ "Rethinking Public Strategy" reassesses the key factors that can deliver significant improvements in public services and build public value‎.‎ It looks at why public strategy is distinctive‎,‎ as well as the principles it has in common with the corporate domain‎.‎ This text includes numerous case studies from around the globe from South Africa to Singapore‎,‎ the USA to Germany‎,‎ and from China to the Czech Republic that ground the exposition in real experience‎.‎ Based on state‎-of‎-the‎-art research by two expert practitioners in the field‎,‎ it offers an essential guide to the art of strategy in the contemporary public sector‎,‎ and encourages readers to evaluate critically the various approaches to strategy‎.‎"