The United States Federal Government and New Public Management: How Good a Fit?

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 4-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel D. Aberbach
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
New Public ◽  
United States Federal Government

The Anglo-American Tradition

2021 ◽  
pp. 116-138
Author(s):  
B. Guy Peters
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Administrators ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
New Public ◽  
American Tradition ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
Definition Of

The Anglo-American tradition is perhaps the most difficult to characterize. Although there are common roots, there has been a divergence between the United Kingdom and other Westminster systems and the United States. There are common roots among these cases, including a contractarian conception of the state, an emphasis on the separation of politics and administration, an emphasis on management rather than law in the role definition of public administrators, and less commitment to uniformity. But these common values are interpreted and implemented differently in the different countries. For example, the United States has a more developed system of administrative law than do most of the Westminster systems. All these administrative systems, however, have been more receptive to the ideas of New Public Management (NPM) than have other governments, although the United States and Canada had implemented many of those ideas long before NPM was developed.

Accrual accounting by Anglo-American governments: Motivations, developments, and some tensions over the last 30 years

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 287-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nola Buhr
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Accrual Accounting ◽  
Accounting History ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
New Public ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Anglo American

This article takes a comparative international accounting history (CIAH) approach (Carnegie and Napier, 2002) to describe and discuss motivations for, and developments in the adoption of accrual accounting in five Anglo-American countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Although the adoption of accrual accounting across these countries over the last two decades can be attributed to the 1980s philosophy of new public management (NPM), the CIAH perspective illuminates similarities and differences in the nature of accrual accounting practices. The differences are due, in large part, to the timing and speed of change required by government, as well as the role played by the profession. Several tensions have arisen from the adoption of accrual accounting and these are also outlined. Given the inclusion of five countries and a span of 30 years, this article is necessarily in the nature of an overview.

scholarly journals New Public Management: US Experience for Ukraine

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-52
Author(s):  
Vitalii Khomytskyi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Historical Factors ◽  
New Public ◽  
Management Concept ◽  
The Government ◽  
Methodological Principles

Purpose. The purpose of the article is to analyse the effectiveness of reforms based on new public management concept in the United States and identify key elements for implementation in Ukraine. Methodology. The results of the study were obtained by the following methods: systematic and comparative methods - to determine the nature and features of the historical formation of new public management reforms in the United States, based on understanding administrative activities through the prism of private economy, public service orientation on efficiency and effectiveness; methods of analysis and synthesis - to identify complex historical factors and interests that led to the formation and functioning of the new public management system. Findings. In accordance with the study objectives, the author: 1) established and analysed the theoretical sources and methodological principles of the study of the concept of new public administration by T. Goebler and D. Osborne; 2) clarified the significance of the concept of the new public administration of T. Goebler and D. Osborne for the system of modern scientific research of the public sector; 3) revealed the meaning of the concept of new public administration as an administrative process; 4) analysed the problems of public administration efficiency in the context of the concept of new public management during the reforms in the United States; 5) identified the possibilities of applying the concept of new public management in carrying out reforms of modern administration processes in Ukraine. Originality. Author has proposed vision and interpretation of historical factors that led to the formation of a new public management. The article contains an analysis of the historical events and the practical consequences of the reforms in the United States. Practical value. Regarding the government change in Ukraine and the volatile economic situation due to the coronavirus pandemic, the implementation of elements of new public management concept might help increase the effectiveness of civil service reform in Ukraine. The materials of the article can be used in the practice of public administration; in the development of courses in public administration; to improve training programs and plans for government officials; in preparation of textbooks, educational and methodical manuals.

scholarly journals The Neoliberal University in Ireland: Institutional Bullying by Another Name?

Societies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Margaret Hodgins ◽  
Patricia Mannix McNamara
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
New Public ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Health And Well Being

New managerialism and the pervasive neoliberalisation of universities is by now a well-established phenomenon. Commentaries explore the political and economic drivers and effects of neoliberal ideology, and critique the impact on higher education and academic work. The impact on the health and well-being of academic staff has had less attention, and it is to that we turn in this paper. Much academic interest in neoliberalism stems from the UK, Australia and the United States. We draw particularly on studies of public Irish universities, where neoliberalism, now well entrenched, but something of a late-comer to the new public management party, is making its presence felt. This conceptual paper explores the concept of neoliberalism in higher education, arguing that the policies and practices of new public management as exercised in universities are a form of bullying; what we term institutional bullying. The authors are researchers of workplace culture, workplace bullying and incivility. Irish universities are increasingly challenged in delivering the International Labour Organisation (ILO) principles of decent work, i.e., dignity, equity, fair income and safe working conditions. They have become exposed in terms of gender imbalance in senior positions, precariat workforce, excessive workload and diminishing levels of control. Irish universities are suffering in terms of both the health and well-being of staff and organisational vibrancy. The authors conclude by cautioning against potential neoliberal intensification as universities grapple with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper reviews neoliberalism in higher education and concludes with insight as to how the current pandemic could act as a necessary catalyst to stem the tide and ‘call out’ bullying at the institutional level.

Dismantling Democratic States

2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 506-507
Author(s):  
Chris Painter
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Market Place ◽  
Political Values ◽  
The Public ◽  
Princeton University ◽  
New Public ◽  
Global Movement ◽  
The Public Sphere

Dismantling Democratic States, Ezra Suleiman, Princeton and Oxford, Princeton University Press, 2003, pp. 327.At the heart of this comparative text is a fundamental critique of the substitution of the norms of the market place for those of collective public interest. As citizens are transformed into ubiquitous consumers, so the reinvention of government raises profound questions about the public domain and its role. To this extent, the New Public Management (NPM) is a vehicle for a deeper ideological program, differentiating it from earlier reform endeavours. However, Suleiman contends it is a global movement very much constrained by cultural contexts. The reluctance of countries such as France or Japan to implement far-reaching reforms reflects deeply embedded socio-cultural and political values that underpin the public sphere, unlike prevalent values in the United States.

Labour-Management Relations and New Public Management: The American Experience

2002 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven W. Hays
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Agencies ◽  
Management Reform ◽  
Reform Agenda ◽  
American Experience ◽  
New Public ◽  
Public Workers ◽  
Broad Overview

This paper provides a broad overview of the role that unions have, and have not — played in the unfolding drama of public management reform in the United States. Factors impeding the ability of unions to shape the reform movement are highlighted. Fragmentation of power and even the absence of rudimentary collective bargaining rights in many locations restrict civil servants' ability to influence the reform agenda. As a result, New Public Management (NPM) initiatives have progressed in a fashion that often works to the disadvantage of public workers. ‘De-privileging’, privatisation, and devolution of public agencies have become almost ubiquitous. The paper concludes with the observation that NPM offers a golden opportunity, if not the obligation, for management and labour to adopt a more cooperative and participatory approach to policy making in the workplace.

American Electronic Constitution

2009 ◽  
pp. 54-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fortunato Musella
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Administrative Reforms ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
New Public ◽  
The Difference

The chapter is dedicated at analyzing the strategic use of new technologies in the United States. An evident synergy has been noted between the digital policy projects and the neo-liberal ideology wave that has traced origin in the fiscal crisis of the State in the 1970s. About four decades have transformed some political directions in true imperatives: public sector downsizing, cost-cutting in public agencies, decision-making privatization, and the principle of efficiency as a measure of collective action. If new public management has been imposed as a dominant paradigm for administrative restructuring, ICTs programs sustain reform objectives by putting emphasis on the sure advantages of technological applications. In addition to this, administrative reforms seem to be in continuity with some American historical tradition, in reasserting a central role of private actor in public activities and realizing a significant “fusion of political and economic power”. Digital era seems to have added a new chapter to the American corporate liberalism history, with the difference – and the aggravating circumstance – that private organizations have now more powerful instruments to control and regulate society. New technological instruments seem to be used essentially to produce a neo-liberal interpretation of government activities.

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