edited by Christopher Pollitt, Sandra van Thiel and Vincent Homburg.
New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2007.
xii, 229 pages :
illustrations ;
23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-221) and indexes.
Originating in the Anglo-American world, the 'New Public Management' (NPM) paradigm appears to have swept over various Continental-European countries, producing convergence of administrative reform. This text explains how the ambiguous concept of NPM is crafted and shaped differently in various institutional contexts.