The New Public Management in Europe Adaptation and Alternatives

, by Pollitt, Christopher; Van Thiel, Sandra; Homburg, Vincent

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ISBN: 9780230006935 | 0230006930
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 2/15/2007

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This volume demonstrates and explains how the ambiguous concept of New Public Management is crafted and shaped differently in various institutional contexts.

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List of Figures and Boxes	p. vii
List of Tables	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Notes on the Contributors	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Convergence or Divergence: What has been Happening in Europe?	p. 10
Public Management Reforms in Countries with a Napoleonic State Model: France, Italy and Spain	p. 26
The Management and Control of Executive Agencies: an Anglo-Dutch Comparison	p. 52
Public-Private Partnership: a Two-Headed Reform. A Comparison of PPP in England and the Netherlands	p. 71
'New Public Managers' in Europe: Changes and Trends	p. 90
International Benchmarking of Public Organizations: a Critical Approach	p. 107
Will ICTs Finally Reinvent Government? The Mutual Shaping of Institutions and ICTs	p. 135
Hospital Performance Indicators: How and Why Neighbours Facing Similar Problems Go Different Ways - Building Explanations of Hospital Performance Indicator Systems in England and the Netherlands	p. 149
New Public Management and Evaluation	p. 165
Implementing NPM: a Complexity Perspective on Public Management Reform Trajectories	p. 181
Conclusions	p. 196
Bibliography	p. 204
Name Index	p. 222
Subject Index	p. 227
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The New Public Management in Europe Adaptation and Alternatives

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Author Biography

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