The public sector has increasingly adopted the methods and values of the market to guide
policy creation and management. Several public administration scholars in the United States …

By comparing three cases of environmental activism in China, our paper answers the
following three questions about public participation in environment protection in China:(1) …

The New Public Service: Serving, not Steering provides a framework for the many voices
calling for the reaffirmation of democratic values, citizenship, and service in the public …

We examine the relationship between a range of new public management (NPM) practices
and citizens' perceptions of service efficiency, responsiveness, equity and effectiveness in …

The Public Administration Theory Primer explores how the science and art of public
administration is definable, describable, replicable, and cumulative. The authors survey a …

This introductory chapter seeks to familiarize you with some of the major trends of recent
times that pervade the context of contemporary managing and organizations. Some of these …

Concerns for restoring citizens' trust in government are at the core of public sector
modernization. Public distrust is often blamed on the bad functioning of public services, and …

Although public–private partnerships (PPPs) are frequently analyzed and lauded in terms of
efficiency, their impact on public values is often neglected. As a result, there is little empirical …

The revolution in public management has led many reformers to call for public managers to
reinvent themselves as public entrepreneurs. Larry D. Terry opposes this view, and presents …

ABSTRACT New Public Management has been around for a quarter of a century in
European public sectors, yet despite the movement's emphasis on indicators and evidence …