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Trajectories of Reform: Public Management Change in Four Countries

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  • Christopher Pollitt
  • Hilkka Summa

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It is fashionable to think there is a tide, or sequence, of basically similar public management changes sweeping through Western Europe, North America and Australasia, and British ministers have proclaimed that the UK is an admired and copied leader in public sector reforms. This article argues that a uniform ‘one-track’ picture is not at all accurate. Looking at 15 years of change in Finland, New Zealand, Sweden and the UK, the authors argue there are not only significant differences between each of the countries, but a more general and persistent distinction between the two Nordic countries and the UK and New Zealand. In the ‘Westminster system’ countries, the aim appears to have been to minimize the extent and distinctiveness of the state sector, whereas in the Nordic countries much greater emphasis has been placed on modernizing the state apparatus so that it can deal better with a changing environment.

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  • Christopher Pollitt & Hilkka Summa, 1997. "Trajectories of Reform: Public Management Change in Four Countries," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(1), pages 7-18, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmmg:v:17:y:1997:i:1:p:7-18
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00051
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    1. Rosta, Miklós, 2013. "New Public Management: opportunity for the Centre, thread for the Periphery," MPRA Paper 68474, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. José M. Alonso & Judith Clifton & Daniel Díaz-Fuentes, 2015. "Did New Public Management Matter? An empirical analysis of the outsourcing and decentralization effects on public sector size," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(5), pages 643-660, May.
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    4. Gianluca Misuraca & Giulio Pasi & Fabienne Abadie & Csaba Kucsera & Marco Virginillo, 2017. "Exploring the role of ICT-Enabled Social Innovation to support the modernisation of EU Social Protection Systems: findings and insights from analysis of case studies in fourteen Member States," JRC Research Reports JRC106484, Joint Research Centre.
    5. Ashiru Olayemi Aliyu & Kuppusamy Singaravelloo & Norma Mansor, 2021. "A Review of Administrative Reforms in Developing Countries: Why the Limited Success?," Journal of Public Administration and Governance, Macrothink Institute, vol. 11(2), pages 178190-1781, December.
    6. Maria del Rocio Moreno-Enguix & Ester Gras-Gil & Joaquin Hernandez-Fernandez, 2017. "An Explanation of Management of Local Governments in Spain Based on the Structure of the Internal Control System," Annals of Economics and Finance, Society for AEF, vol. 18(2), pages 393-410, November.

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