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The global revolution in public management: Driving themes, missing links
Author(s) -
Kettl Donald F.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of policy analysis and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.898
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1520-6688
pISSN - 0276-8739
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6688(199722)16:3<446::aid-pam5>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - corporate governance , process (computing) , sorting , political science , public management , public administration , political economy , economic system , public relations , sociology , economics , management , computer science , programming language , operating system
Since the late 1970s, a truly remarkable revolution has swept public management around the world. Understanding this revolution means sorting through three issues: the basic ideas of reform; the connections between the reforms and governmental processes, like budgeting and personnel; and the links between these processes and governance. These reforms have proven surprisingly productive but, in the process, they have raised a new generation of fundamentally important issues that have been largely unexplored.