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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811680503321

Autore

Barzelay Michael

Titolo

The new public management : improving research and policy dialogue / / Michael Barzelay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley : , : University of California Press

New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation, , 2001

©2001

ISBN

1-283-27700-X

9786613277008

0-520-92527-0

1-59734-774-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 218 pages) : illustrations

Collana

The Aaron Wildavsky forum for public policy ; ; 3

Disciplina

351

Soggetti

Public administration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-204) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES AND BOXES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Studying the New Public Management -- 2. Case Studies on Public Management Policy-Making -- 3. Comparative Analysis of Public Management Policy-Making -- 4. How to Argue about the New Public Management -- 5. Controversy and Cumulation in NPM Argumentation -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Subject Index -- Name Index

Sommario/riassunto

How policymakers should guide, manage, and oversee public bureaucracies is a question that lies at the heart of contemporary debates about government and public administration. In their search for better systems of public management, reformers have looked in particular at the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. These countries are exemplars of the New Public Management, a term used to describe distinctive new themes, styles, and patterns of public service management. Calling for public management to become a vibrant field of public policy, this valuable book consolidates recent work on the New Public Management and provides a basis for improving research and policy debate on managing public bureaucracies. A copublication



with the Russell Sage Foundation