Will Public Management Drive out Public Administration?

Abstract

The public management approach to public sector reform has had such an appeal that it must be examined more closely. It raises a number of key issues about the public sector to which it offers answers that are radically different from the public administration framework. The management state may have pros when compared with the administrative state, but there are cons involved when one takes several evaluation criteria into account.

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Jan-Erik Lane

Jan-Erik Lane is Professor of Political Science at Oslo University and Pro Tempore Professor of Public Administration at the Norwegian School of Management.