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Trajectories, Institutions and Stakeholders in Public Management Reform

In: Staff Participation and Public Management Reform

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  • David Farnham

    (University of Portsmouth
    Universities of Greenwich and East London)

  • Annie Hondeghem

    (Catholic University of Leuven)

  • Sylvia Horton

    (University of Portsmouth)

Abstract

Not all countries have embarked upon root-and-branch reforms of their political and administrative systems, despite some convergence among them, although the environmental forces and trends facing them are similar. The aim of this chapter is to explore the reasons for this, arguing that the actions of governments are path dependent and context specific. Superficial similarities and a common rhetoric often conceal very different actions and responses to common problems (Pollitt 2002). So despite a great deal of mimetic isomorphism, there is a lot of variance ‘in how political systems have interpreted the ideas and responded to the demands or opportunities for introducing administrative change’ (Peters 1997: 227). In line with a neo-institutionalist approach, this chapter stresses the impact of institutions as well as the role of actors in public management reforms. Institutions have a shaping, facilitating or constraining effect on reforms, which are the result of actions taken by individuals or groups and their responses to the pressures acting upon them.

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  • David Farnham & Annie Hondeghem & Sylvia Horton, 2005. "Trajectories, Institutions and Stakeholders in Public Management Reform," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Staff Participation and Public Management Reform, chapter 2, pages 27-53, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-37861-2_2
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230378612_2
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