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New Public Management: The Cruellest Invention of the Human Spirit?1
Abstract
This article examines one of the most significant phenomena of the late twentieth and early twenty‐first centuries—the emergence of New Public Management (NPM). NPM has been widely adopted, internationally. However, its adoption is based on governments having faith in its deployment to transform their public sectors using private sector performance criteria. In this article, the case is advanced that the widespread use of NPM is often a cruel disappointment for governments. This is demonstrated by focusing on four key elements of NPM, as practised in the early twenty‐first century—the role of management consultants, the development of e‐government, the emergence of the ‘audit society’ and the increasing importance of risk management.
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A PUBLIC MANAGEMENT FOR ALL SEASONS
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New Public Management Is Dead--Long Live Digital-Era Governance
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“Those who subscribe to this thesis see the world of e-government as instrumental in creating a ‘post-NPM’ world, which enhances citizens’ capacity for solving social problems (Dunleavy et al. , 2005).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- LAPSLEY, I.
- Venue
- Abacus
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-02-26
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-21
- ISSN
- 0001-3072 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-6281
- OpenAlex
- W2000386499
- Cited by
- 526
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 92.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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