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Policy‐making in a Restructured State: The Case of the 1991 Health Reform Policy in New Zealand
Author(s) -
Barnett Pauline,
Jacobs Kerry
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
australian journal of public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-8500
pISSN - 0313-6647
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8500.00141
Subject(s) - public administration , accountability , government (linguistics) , public policy , state (computer science) , political science , public management , process (computing) , new public management , policy making , public sector , law , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , computer science , operating system
The pressure for efficiency and accountability that led to reform of public institutions worldwide has had implications for public policy‐making as well as the management of public services. The difficulties of providing a coordinated and efficient policy process that can respond to the requirements of a more managerialist style of government were evident in New Zealand in the 1980s and early 1990s. The policy process in 1990–91 leading to the introduction of health reform proposals provides an illuminating case study of the tension between participation and speed, and between traditional pluralist and managerialist approaches to policy development. The implications of this for subsequent implementation are discussed.