New Public Management in Europe: Adaptation and Alternatives

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures and Boxes......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Notes on the Contributors......Page 11
1 Introduction......Page 14
2 Convergence or Divergence: What has been Happening in Europe?......Page 23
3 Public Management Reforms in Countries with a Napoleonic State Model: France, Italy and Spain......Page 39
4 The Management and Control of Executive Agencies: an Anglo-Dutch Comparison......Page 65
5 Public–Private Partnership: a Two-Headed Reform. A Comparison of PPP in England and the Netherlands......Page 84
6 ‘New Public Managers’ in Europe: Changes and Trends......Page 103
7 International Benchmarking of Public Organizations: a Critical Approach......Page 120
8 Will ICTs Finally Reinvent Government? The Mutual Shaping of Institutions and ICTs......Page 148
9 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......Page 162
10 New Public Management and Evaluation......Page 178
11 Implementing NPM: a Complexity Perspective on Public Management Reform Trajectories......Page 194
12 Conclusions......Page 209
Bibliography......Page 217
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