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Questioning the New Public Management

Questioning the New Public Management REVIEW Questioning the New Public Management, edited M. by Dent, J. Chandler and J. Barry, 2004. ISBN 0 7546 Aldershot, Ashgate, 3397 hb. 7, This interesting and well-written volume derives from a series of academic conferences on 'dilemmas for the human services'. It approaches the new public management (NPM) as a multi-faceted, complex, 'hydra-headed' phenomenon both within the context of particular public services and across the public sector as a whole. As the NPM such, is viewed as a collection of management tools that have been over adapted time. Moreover, as in argued this book, the NPM is a 'contested terrain' in which 'a reconfiguration of management-professional relations has been reforged'. The book itself is presented in five main sections: an first, introductory theoretical overview of the NPM and the public sector professions; second, a discussion of NPM variations across a range of service public organisations - local government, social care and social work, and the police; third, a dedicated of analysis issues surrounding the NPM and the National Health Service - a particular focus of the book; fourth, a discussion of the NPM as a contested variable, focusing on questions the surrounding delivery of education and health and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Public Policy and Administration SAGE

Questioning the New Public Management

Public Policy and Administration , Volume 21 (1): 2 – Jan 1, 2006

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0952-0767
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10.1177/095207670602100108
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REVIEW Questioning the New Public Management, edited M. by Dent, J. Chandler and J. Barry, 2004. ISBN 0 7546 Aldershot, Ashgate, 3397 hb. 7, This interesting and well-written volume derives from a series of academic conferences on 'dilemmas for the human services'. It approaches the new public management (NPM) as a multi-faceted, complex, 'hydra-headed' phenomenon both within the context of particular public services and across the public sector as a whole. As the NPM such, is viewed as a collection of management tools that have been over adapted time. Moreover, as in argued this book, the NPM is a 'contested terrain' in which 'a reconfiguration of management-professional relations has been reforged'. The book itself is presented in five main sections: an first, introductory theoretical overview of the NPM and the public sector professions; second, a discussion of NPM variations across a range of service public organisations - local government, social care and social work, and the police; third, a dedicated of analysis issues surrounding the NPM and the National Health Service - a particular focus of the book; fourth, a discussion of the NPM as a contested variable, focusing on questions the surrounding delivery of education and health and

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