Title: Neoliberal power and public management reforms /
Authors: Triantafillou, Peter
Year: 2017
Subjects: Public administration Management.; Civil service reform.; Organizational change.; Neoliberalism.; Administrative procedure.
Abstract: This book examines contemporary public administration reforms seeking to promote accountability, credibility and evidence.It is argued that a particular form of constructivist neoliberalism play a pivotal role in these reforms.
Contents: Introduction -- Critical approaches to public administration and management -- Neoliberalism: epistemological finitude or infinite freedom? -- Accountability: the reflection and expansion of government? -- Democratic accountability and the institutionalisation of performance auditing -- Accreditation: the ultimate technique for governing government? -- Evidence-based policymaking: toward epistemological infinitude? -- A new civil-servant persona? -- Conclusion.