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Convergence or Divergence: What has been Happening in Europe?

In: New Public Management in Europe

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  • Christopher Pollitt

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Many people — including a number of prominent experts — believe that there is a considerable degree of convergence between public management reforms all over the world. If this were true it would represent a remarkable example of ‘globalization’ in a field of activity (national public administrations) which, a generation ago, was usually seen as distinctively different (‘French centralism/statism’, the ‘British way’, ‘German juridicism’, and so on). But is it true that national reform trajectories are converging and, if so, what are they converging on, and why? In this chapter we will examine these questions, with particular reference to Europe.

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  • Christopher Pollitt, 2007. "Convergence or Divergence: What has been Happening in Europe?," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Christopher Pollitt & Sandra Thiel & Vincent Homburg (ed.), New Public Management in Europe, chapter 2, pages 10-25, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-62536-5_2
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230625365_2
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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. Laurent Gardin & Marthe Nyssens & Paolo Minguzzi, 2010. "Les Quasi‐Marches Dans L’Aide A Domicile: Une Mise En Perspective Europeenne," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 81(4), pages 509-536, December.
    3. Cooney Kate & Nyssens Marthe & O’Shaughnessy Mary & Defourny Jacques, 2016. "Public Policies and Work Integration Social Enterprises: The Challenge of Institutionalization in a Neoliberal Era," Nonprofit Policy Forum, De Gruyter, vol. 7(4), pages 415-433, December.
    4. Colebatch H.K., 2017. "Policy, learning and regime change: Western concepts and CEE experience," Central European Journal of Public Policy, Sciendo, vol. 11(2), pages 2-10, December.

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