Since the third edition of this authoritative volume, most of Western Europe and North
America have entered an era of austerity which has pervasive effects on programmes of …

Peter Pels (University of Amsterdam/University of Leiden) currently works on the historical
ethnography of elections in 1950s Tanganyika, and a history of occultism in relation to 19th …

The article discusses the relationship between New Public Management reforms and
professional roles in European countries. The author presents the traditional autonomous …

NPM has become a standard international model for public administration reform. The term
NPM originally came from New Zealand, describing the reforms initiated there in the 1980s …

In this paper we examine how different contextual factors influence the nature of new public
management (NPM) reforms and the state of public accountability in Singapore, Malaysia …

Triantafillou analyzes the changing ways of governing the public sector and the ways in
which public organizations have become the target of interventions seeking to improve their …

Public expenditure in most parts of the world increased rapidly after 1945, as the 'welfare
state'in its various forms became widespread. However, by the early 1980s, budget deficits …

This article argues for a new approach to educate and train public managers. Several
functional requirements regarding knowledge, skills and attitudes are discussed. The status …

Purpose–This paper examines the effects of performance driven public services on
managerial behaviour and the values that influence individual actions. Design/methodology …

1.1. Expérience de NGP dans les pays de l'OCDE: les évaluations sont possibles 1.2. La
double dimension de la gestion publique 1.3. Un point de vue novateur: l'étude de l'interface …