Pollitt C., Thiel S., Homburg V. (Eds.) New Public Management in Europe: Adaptation and Alternatives

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. — 229 p.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.List of Figures and Boxes

Notes on the ContributorsConvergence or Divergence: What has been Happening in Europe?
Public Management Reforms in Countries with a Napoleonic State Model: France, Italy and Spain
The Management and Control of Executive Agencies: an Anglo-Dutch Comparison
Public–Private Partnership: a Two-Headed Reform. A Comparison of PPP in England and the Netherlands
‘New Public Managers’ in Europe: Changes and Trends
International Benchmarking of Public Organizations: a Critical Approach
Convergence or Divergence: What has been Happening in Europe?
Public Management Reforms in Countries with a Napoleonic State Model: France, Italy and Spain
The Management and Control of Executive Agencies: an Anglo-Dutch Comparison
Public–Private Partnership: a Two-Headed Reform. A Comparison of PPP in England and the Netherlands
‘New Public Managers’ in Europe: Changes and Trends
International Benchmarking of Public Organizations: a Critical Approach
Will ICTs Finally Reinvent Government? The Mutual Shaping of Institutions and ICTs
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
Will ICTs Finally Reinvent Government? The Mutual Shaping of Institutions and ICTs
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
New Public Management and Evaluation
Implementing NPM: a Complexity Perspective on Public Management Reform TrajectoriesBibliography

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