ABSTRACT
This collection provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of current research in the field of New Public Management (NPM) reform. Aimed primarily at a readership with a special interest in contemporary public-sector reforms, The Ashgate Research Companion to New Public Management offers a refreshing and up-to-date analysis of key issues of modern administrative reforms. This volume comprises a general introduction and twenty-nine chapters divided into six thematic sessions, each with chapters ranging across a variety of crucial topics in the field of New Public Management reforms and beyond. The principal themes to be addressed are: ¢
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|65 pages
NPM Processes: Driving Forces
part II|64 pages
Convergence and Divergence among Countries
part III|62 pages
Sector Studies
part IV|71 pages
NPM Features
part V|110 pages
Effects and Implications of NPM
part VI|42 pages
NPM and Beyond