Political ScienceEconomics

What is Wrong with the New Public Management

D. Savoie

1995.3.1CANADIAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-ADMINISTRATION PUBLIQUE DU CANADA

DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-7121.1995.tb01132.x

tlooto Summary

New public management philosophy's appeal lies in promising solutions to bureaucratic shortcomings, with titles like 'Reinventing Government' and 'Getting Government Right', but its effectiveness is questioned.

Abstract

The new public management philosophy holds obvious appeal. It promises to provide the “Big Answer” to real and imagined shortcomings in public bureaucracy. How else does one explain such telling titles as “Reinventing Government” and “Getting Government Right”?

Citation format

SAVOIE, D. What is wrong with the new public management. CANADIAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-ADMINISTRATION PUBLIQUE DU CANADA, 1995, 38: 112–121.