Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management
EDITED BY STEPHEN OSBORNE
The study and practice of public management has undergone profound changes across the world. Over the last quarter century, we have seen
- increasing criticism of public administration as the overarching framework for the provision of public services,
- the rise (and critical appraisal) of the ‘New Public Management’ as an emergent paradigm for the provision of public services,
- the transformation of the ‘public sector’ into the cross-sectoral provision of public services, and
- the growth of the governance of inter-organizational relationships as an essential element in the provision of public services
In reality these trends have not so much replaced each other as elided ...