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Yes, You Can: The “Who,” the “Why,” the “What,” and the “How” of Innovation in American Government
Author(s) -
Blanco Ismael
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/puar.12369
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , politics , citation , reading (process) , public policy , political science , library science , sociology , law , philosophy , linguistics , computer science
Innovation persists as a phenomenon within the public sector. “There is skepticism about whether large, hierarchical, monopolistic government agencies initiate and embrace change” (1), but, says the author, “there is extensive evidence that they ‘can’, they ‘do’, and they will” (1). Sandford Borins does not hesitate to affirm that the perspective of public sector innovation has come to replace the “old” New Public Management: “New Public Management controversies are now history,” he announces in the introduction—a history which is apparently different from one that explains the emergence and consolidation of the scholarly and political interest on innovation.