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: ¢

chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I NPM Processes: Driving Forces

part |2 pages

Part II Convergence and Divergence among Countries

part |2 pages

Part IV NPM Features

part |2 pages

Part V Effects and Implications of NPM