Government Rebuilding—A Review of the Western New Public Management Movement (Public Administration and Political Science Series)

Author: Chen Zhenming
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: In the more than 20 years following the 20th century, Western countries successively launched waves of government reform or government renewal to welcome the advent of the era of globalization, informatization, and the knowledge economy, as well as to escape fiscal difficulties, enhance international competitiveness, and improve government efficiency. This book reviews the contemporary Western government reform (New Public Management) movement, particularly the reforms in countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Japan. The basic content includes:
Strategies and tactics for public sector reform;
Pioneers of New Public Management reform;
Creating a government that spends less and achieves more;
Models of New Public Management reform;
Competition, performance, transparency;
Decentralization, democracy, and good governance;
Moving toward a self-governing management model;
Marketization, privatization, and liberalization.
It also analyzes the Chinese context, offering significant reference value for China's administrative reform practices.