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Wang Anshi and the origins of modern public management in Song Dynasty China

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Wang Anshi (1021--1086) is well known as one of the greatest statesmen of classical China, but it is rarely recognized that his 1058 ‘Wan Yan Shu’ is one of the first texts of public management in the modern sense. This is because Wang addressed still current concerns of a civil service—selection, training, motivation, remuneration—often presenting solutions that are completely in line with today's perspectives. Wang's work is particularly relevant now given the current global state of public management—post-NPM but with no clear new paradigm having emerged.

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  • Wolfgang Drechsler, 2013. "Wang Anshi and the origins of modern public management in Song Dynasty China," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(5), pages 353-360, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmmg:v:33:y:2013:i:5:p:353-360
    DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.817125
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    1. Caichen Ma & Yunxiao Xu & James L. Chan, 2015. "Debate: Wang Anshi and Confucian public management--a rejoinder," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(4), pages 253-254, July.
    2. Michiel S. de Vries, 2013. "Debate: The search is on," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(6), pages 397-398, November.
    3. Wolfgang Drechsler, 2014. "Debate: Towards understanding Wang Anshi and Confucian public management," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(4), pages 246-248, July.
    4. Andrew Massey, 2014. "Editorial," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(3), pages 157-158, May.

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