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NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT: The effects of contractualism and devolution on political control

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  • Per Lægreid

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This article analyzes effects and implications of New Public Management (NPM) when implemented in the civil service systems in New Zealand and Norway, focusing especially on the effects of devolution and contractualism on political control. Using a transformative perspective, we interpret these effects as a result of a melding of environmental factors, polity features and national historical-institutional constraints. Norway scores low on both environmental and internal factors enhancing administrative reform, furthering a soft version of NPM and small changes in political control. In contrast a combination of external pressure, weak countervailing cultural forces and ‘elective dictatorship’ in New Zealand produces a radical version of NPM, resulting in a weakening of central political control.

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  • Tom Christensen & Per Lægreid, 2001. "NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT: The effects of contractualism and devolution on political control," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 3(1), pages 73-94, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmgr:v:3:y:2001:i:1:p:73-94
    DOI: 10.1080/14616670010009469
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