The Ashgate Research Companion to New Public ManagementThis collection provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of current research in the field of New Public Management (NPM) reform. Aimed primarily at a readership with a special interest in contemporary public-sector reforms, The Ashgate Research Companion to New Public Management offers a refreshing and up-to-date analysis of key issues of modern administrative reforms. This volume comprises a general introduction and twenty-nine chapters divided into six thematic sessions, each with chapters ranging across a variety of crucial topics in the field of New Public Management reforms and beyond. The principal themes to be addressed are: ¢ |
Contents
The PoliticalAdministrative Design of | |
The Relevance of Culture for | |
A Revivalist Movement | |
NPM in AngloSaxon Countries | |
National | |
Privatization | |
A Transformative Perspective on PublicPrivate Partnerships | |
NPM and the Search for Efficiency | |
Unions Corporatist Participation and | |
Restoring the Public Trust through Creating Distrust? | |
Scientization | |
Regained Relevance of Public Values and Public | |
Serving the Public? Users Consumers and the Limits of | |
NPM in Scandinavia | |
NPM in Asian Countries | |
The Challenges from | |
NPM Network Governance and the University as a Changing Professional | |
Richard Norman | |
Utility Regulation and | |
Structural Devolution to Agencies | |
Managing Performance and Auditing Performance | |
Managerialism and Models of Management | |
Other editions - View all
The Ashgate Research Companion to New Public Management Tom Christensen,Per Laegreid Limited preview - 2013 |
The Ashgate Research Companion to New Public Management Tom Christensen,Per Lęgreid Limited preview - 2016 |
The Ashgate Research Companion to New Public Management Tom Christensen,Per Lęgreid Limited preview - 2011 |
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