The continued call and future of administrative reform in the United States

Administrative reform has been a pervasive topic in public management over the past 140 years, and recent administrations continue to implement various methods of reform. In the past 25 years, the new public management agenda has dominated the reform landscape, yet recent conversations in public man...

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Published inPublic management review Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 2 - 9
Main Author Boyd, Neil M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.01.2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Administrative reform
Governance
Initiatives
Management
New public management
Public administration
Reforms
United States
United States > US
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Summary:Administrative reform has been a pervasive topic in public management over the past 140 years, and recent administrations continue to implement various methods of reform. In the past 25 years, the new public management agenda has dominated the reform landscape, yet recent conversations in public management suggest that a public value governance movement is afoot. As the United States faces a potential second term of Donald Trump, it seems logical that new public management and values-based governance scholarship will continue to inhabit the landscape of public management research.
ISSN:1471-9037
1471-9045
DOI:10.1080/14719037.2020.1752036