New public management in Europe : adaptation and alternatives

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New public management in Europe : adaptation and alternatives

edited by Christopher Pollitt, Sandra van Thiel and Vincent Homburg

Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-221) and indexes

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The New Public Management paradigm seems to have produced a convergence of administrative reform. However, specific implementations of NPM show range of forms and results including performance indicators, personal reforms and evaluations of reforms. This text demonstrates how NPM is crafted differently in various institutional contexts.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • V.Homburg
  • C.Pollit & S.V.Thiel Convergence or divergence: what has been happening in Europe? C.Pollit Public management reforms in countries with a Napoleonic state model: France, Italy and Spain
  • W.Kickert The management and control of executive agencies: an Anglo-Dutch comparison
  • S.V.Thiel & C.Pollit Public Private Partnership: a two headed reform. A comparison of PPP in England and The Netherlands
  • E.H.Klijn
  • J.Edelenbos & M.Hughes New Public Managers in Europe: changes and trends
  • S.V.Thiel
  • B.Steijn & M.Allix International benchmarking of public organizations: a critical approach
  • J.Hakvoort & H.Klaassen Will ICTs finally reinvent government? V.Homburg & I.Snellen Hospital performance indicators: how and why neighbours facing similar problems go different ways
  • C.Pollitt Public management and evaluation
  • F.B.V.D.Meer Implementing NPM: a complexity perspective on public management reform trajectories
  • G.Teisman & A.V.Buuren Conclusions
  • S.V.Thiel
  • C.Pollitt & V.Homburg

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  • NCID
    BA82049752
  • ISBN
    • 9780230006935
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 229 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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