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New Public Management in Europe

Adaptation and Alternatives

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Editors:
  1. Christopher Pollitt

    1. Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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  2. Sandra Thiel

    1. Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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  3. Vincent Homburg

    1. Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Vincent Homburg, Christopher Pollitt, Sandra van Thiel
    Pages 1-9

  3. Convergence or Divergence: What has been Happening in Europe?

    • Christopher Pollitt
    Pages 10-25

  4. Public Management Reforms in Countries with a Napoleonic State Model: France, Italy and Spain

    • Walter Kickert
    Pages 26-51

  5. The Management and Control of Executive Agencies: an Anglo-Dutch Comparison

    • Sandra van Thiel, Christopher Pollitt
    Pages 52-70

  6. Public-Private Partnership: a Two-Headed Reform. A Comparison of PPP in England and the Netherlands

    • Erik-Hans Klijn, Jurian Edelenbos, Michael Hughes
    Pages 71-89

  7. ‘New Public Managers’ in Europe: Changes and Trends

    • Sandra van Thiel, Bram Steijn, Marine Allix
    Pages 90-106

  8. International Benchmarking of Public Organizations: a Critical Approach

    • Jan Hakvoort, Henk Klaassen
    Pages 107-134

  9. Will ICTs Finally Reinvent Government? The Mutual Shaping of Institutions and ICTs

    • Vincent Homburg, Ig Snellen
    Pages 135-148

  10. 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

    • Christopher Pollitt
    Pages 149-164

  11. New Public Management and Evaluation

    • Frans-Bauke van der Meer
    Pages 165-180

  12. Implementing NPM: a Complexity Perspective on Public Management Reform Trajectories

    • Geert Teisman, Arwin van Buuren
    Pages 181-195

  13. Conclusions

    • Sandra van Thiel, Christopher Pollitt, Vincent Homburg
    Pages 196-203

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 204-229
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Christopher Pollitt, Sandra Thiel, Vincent Homburg

About the editors

JURIAN EDELENBO Assistant Professor for Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands JAN HAKVOORT Associate Professor in Social Science Research Methods and Techniques at Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands ARWIN VAN BUUREN PhD candidate at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands MARINE ALLIX PhD student at the Department of Public Administration MICHAEL HUGHES Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom WALTER KICKERT Professor of Public Management at the Department of Public Administration at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands HENK KLAASSEN Associate Professor in Economics at the Department of Public Administration at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands ERIK-HANS KLIJN Associate Professor in Public Administration at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands FRANS-BAUKE VAN DER MEER Associate Professor of Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands BRAM STEIJN Professor in the public sector at the Department of Public Administration at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands GEERT TEISMAN Professor in Public Administration at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: New Public Management in Europe

  • Book Subtitle: Adaptation and Alternatives

  • Editors: Christopher Pollitt, Sandra Thiel, Vincent Homburg

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230625365

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-00693-5Published: 09 January 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-28278-4Published: 09 January 2007

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-62536-5Published: 09 January 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 229

  • Topics: Operations Management, Management, Public Finance, Public Administration

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