The influence of economic theories of government failure on public management reform

Title
The influence of economic theories of government failure on public management reform
Publication Date
2009
Author(s)
Dollery, Brian E
Editor
Editor(s): Shaun F. Goldfinch and Joe L. Wallis
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
Place of publication
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:5529
Abstract
In this chapter, I argue that if an archetypical NPM-type model can be identified, then it has two major intellectual foundations. On the one hand, what may be called 'generic managerialism' (Wallis and Dollery 1999) has strongly influenced the shape of NPM-style reform models. On the other hand, from the perspective of economic theory the overarching policy paradigm driving public sector reform over the past three decades derives from the theory of government failure. However, this broad intellectual tradition contains particular theoretical strands that are emphasized to different degrees in different sub-policy paradigms and this can partly help explain differences between and within these sub-policy paradigms.
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Citation
International Handbook of Public Management Reform, p. 18-40
ISBN
184720404X
9781847204042
Start page
18
End page
40

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