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A Prescription Rejected: Market Solutions to Problems of Public Sector Governance
Author(s) -
Christiansen Peter Munk
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
governance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.46
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1468-0491
pISSN - 0952-1895
DOI - 10.1111/0952-1895.00072
Subject(s) - public sector , corporate governance , new public management , danish , business , private sector , government (linguistics) , hierarchy , public administration , corporatism , multi level governance , market economy , economic policy , economics , economic growth , finance , economy , political science , politics , linguistics , philosophy , law
The New Public Management includes the idea of incorporating market mechanisms in public sector governance. In the Danish case, market reforms have scarcely been used; private sector supplies of public services have not increased during the last decade. The lack of success of market reform in Denmark is explained by the strong institutions of traditional public sector governance operating at the micro‐level. Formal and informal hierarchy and formal and informal corporatism hold a strong grip on public sector governance. The very decentralized structure of the Danish public sector decreases the importance of central government in terms of reform strategies. Strong interests and institutional constraints keep reforms in the Danish public sector within a hierarchical mode of governance.