The Internationalization of Public Management: Reinventing the Third World State (New Horizons in Public Policy series)

The past two decades have seen a process of almost continuous reform in public management in developed countries and a renegotiation of traditional relationships between state, economy and society. These changes have been expressed through privatization, civil service reductions and restructuring, the introduction of market-type mechanisms to improve the delivery of public services, the construction of new forms of partnership between state and non-state organizations, and new types of regulation and accountability. In turn, these public management reforms have, in a variety of ways, been transferred to the state systems of developing and transitional economies. The Internationalization of Public Management constitutes one of the first attempts to examine the conceptual and practical problems which attend such policy transfers, and to make preliminary judgements about the successes and failures of public management reform in developing countries. The distinguished group of contributors offers instructive insights into the complex reality of the development state. Both academics and postgraduate students within the areas of politics and governance, public sector management and development studies will find this book essential reading. Practitioners in these fields, especially within aid agencies and research institutions, will also find the book contains valuable lessons and conclusions. The past two decades have seen a process of almost continuous reform in public management in developed countries and a renegotiation of traditional relationships between state, economy and society. These changes have been expressed through privatization, civil service reductions and retructuring, the introduction of market-type mechanisms to improve the delivery of public services, the construction of new forms of partnership between state and non-state organizations, and new types of regulation and accountability. In turn, these public management reforms have, in a variety of ways, been transformed to the state systems of developing and transitional economies. "The Internationalization of Public Management" constitutes one of the first attempts to examine the conceptual and practical problems which attend such policy transfers, and to make preliminary judgements about the successes and failures of public management reform in developing countries. The distinguished group of contributors offer instructive insights into the complex reality of the development state. Both academics of postgraduate students within the areas of politics and governance, public sector maangement and development studies should find this book useful reading. Practitioners in these fields, especially within aid agencies and research institutions, should also find the book contains valuable lessons and conclusions Dedication Contents List of figures List of tables and boxes List of contributors Preface 1 The internationalization of new public management • Martin Minogue 2 Should flawed models of public management be exported? Issues and practices • Martin Minogue 3 Administrative reform in core civil services: application and applicability of the new public management • Charles Polidano 4 New public management and development: the case of public service reform in Tanzania and Uganda • Jeremy Clarke and David Wood 5 Local government: management or politics? • Howard Elcock and Martin Minogue 6 The NPM agenda for service delivery: a suitable model for developing countries? • Willy McCourt 7 Reinventing the Third World state: service delivery and the civic realm • David Hulme 8 Privatization and regulation in developing countries • Paul Cook 9 Human resource management and new public management: two sides of a coin that has a low value in developing countries? • Harry Taylor 10 Information systems and public sector reform in the Third World • Richard Heeks and David Mundy 11 Moving the public management debate forward: a contingency approach • Willy McCourt Index