New public management: Just a “fashlon model on the runway”?

“Government reform has broad goals ‐ npm is more effective at the narrow end of measuring client satisfaction. [1]f fundamental public policy issues are not dealt with adequately then well‐managed policy implementation cannot lead to effective public policy.” The Global Public Management Revolution: A Report on the Transformation of Governance. By donald f. kettl. Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution. 2000. Pp. vii, 87. Bureaucracy and the Alternatives in World Perspective. Edited by keith m. Henderson and O.P. dwivedi. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1999. Pp. xx, 330. The New Public Management: International Developments. Edited by david barrows and h. ian macdonald. Toronto: Captus Press. 2000. Pp. xiii, 225.     

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Dream No Little Dreams: A Biography of the Douglas Government of Saskatchewan, 1944–1961. IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance By a.w. johnson, with the assistance of Rosemary Proctor. Federalism in the Forest: National Versus State Natural Resource Policy. American Governance & Public Policy Series By tomas m. koontz. Washington, D.C.: Georgetozorr University Press. Beyond Service: State Workers, Public Policy, and the Prospects for Democratic Administration. IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance By greg mcelligott. Toronto: University of Toronto Press The Regulators: Anonymous Power Brokers in American Politics By cindy skrzycki. New York and Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Parliament of Canaday:By c.e.s. franks Improving Public Management:By les metcalfe Public infrastructure Planning and Management:Edited by jay m. stein. Beverly Hills The Nonprofit Economy:By burton a. weisbrod Federal State, National Economy:By peter Leslie State Capitalism: Public Enterprise in Canada:By JEANNE KIRK LAUX and MAUREEN APPEL MOLOT Privatization: The British Experience; An Australian Perspective:By kenneth Wiltshire Governments in Conflict? Provinces and Indian Nations in Canada:Edited by J. anthony long Bureaucratic Responsibility:By JOHN burke Political Ethics and Public Office:By dennis F. Thompson     

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Book reviewed in this article: Military Spending in Developing Countries: How Much Is Too Much?By BRIAN s. MACDONALD Policy Innovation in the Saskatchewan Public Sector, 1971–82 Edited by ELEANOR GLOR Civil Service Reform: Building a Government that Works Par DONALD F. KETTL, PATRICIA W. INGRAHAM, RONALD P. SANDERS Reform of Retirement Income Policy: International and Canadian Perspectives Edited by KEITH G. BANTING and ROBIN BOADWAY Alternative Service Delivery: Sharing Governance in Canada Edited by ROBIN FORD and DAVID ZUSSMAN Postmodern Public Administration: Toward Discourse By CHARLES j. FOX and HUGH T. MILLER Public Management: The New Zealand Model Par JONATHAN BOSTON, JOHN MARTIN, JUNE PALLOT, PAT WALSH New Public Management and Public Administration in Canada Edited by MOHAMED CHARIH and ARTHUR DANIELS     

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L'administration publique De CAROLLE SIMARD et LUC BERNIER. Le management public: comprendre et gérer les institutions de I'État Québec Résumé de I'ouvrage Whose North? Political Change, Political Development, and Self-Government in the Northwest Territories By MARK O. DICKERSON. Breaking the Shackles: Deregulating Canadian Industry By WALTER BLOCK and GEORGE LERMER, eds. L'éthique et la politique au Canada¹ De JANET HIEBERT Les relations de pouvoir dans les lois. Comparaison entre les gouvernements du Québec de 1944 à 1985 De VINCENT LEMIEUX. Public Employee Compensation and its Role in Public Sector Strategic Management By GILBERT B. SIEGAL. City Management in Canada: The Role of the Chief Administrative Officer By T. J. PLUNKETT. Managing Local Government: Public Administration in Practice By RICHARD D. BINGHAM. Why Meech Failed: Lessons for Canadian Constitution-Making By RAYMOND BRETON Exemplary Public Administrators: Character and Leadership in Government Edited by TERRY L. COOPER and N. DALE WRIGHT.     

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Value for Many: The Institute of Public Administration of Canada, 1947–1997/ D'une grande valeur pour beaucoup: L'lnstitut d'administration publique du Canada, 1947–1997. Monographs in Canadian Public Administration -No. 21. By Don Seymour Wilson T he Federal Court of Canada: A History, 1875–1992 Byian bushnell . Public Management and Administrative Reform in Western Europe Edited by Walter J. M. kickert . Governments, Parties, and Public Sector Employees: Canada, United States, Britain, and France By ANDRE BLAIS, DONALD E. BLAKE and ST#EABPHANE DION. Dilemmas of Urban Economic Development: Issues in Theory and Practice Edited by richard d. bingham and Robert mier     

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Book reviewed in this article: Accountability and Control: The Government Expenditure Process : Byh.v. kroeker The Business of Government: An Introduction to Canadian Public Administration : Byt.j. stevens The Regulatory Process in Canada : Edited byg. bruce doern The Management of Canadian Urban Government: A Basic Text for a Course in Urban Management : Byt.j. plunkett andg.m. betts Modern Political Economy : Bynorman frohlich andjoe a. oppenheimer     

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Book reviewed in this article: Public Management in a Borderless Economy; By Rodney Dobell and Philip Steenkamp Memoirs; By Pierre Elliot Trudeau . The Downing Street Years; By MARGARET THATCHER. The Legal Framework of Government; Dr Gregory Tardi . Taking Power: Managing Transitions/Prendre le Pouvoir: La gestion des transitions gouvernementales; Edited by Donald J. Savoie . Getting It Right: Regional Development in Canada; By R. Harley Mcgee . Gender Images in Public Administration: Legitimacy and the Administrative State; By Camilla Stivers .     

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A Fiscal History of Canada-The Postwar Years By J. harvey perry. Government Policy Toward Business By james a. brander. Creating the Welfare State: The Political Economy of Twentieth-Century Reform By Edward berkowitz and kim mcquaid. The Real Worlds of Canadian Politics: Cases in Process and Policy By Robert m. campbell and Leslie a. pal. The Merit System and Municipal Civil Service: A Fostering of Social Inequality By FRANCESGOITFRIED Marketing Public Transit: A Strategic Approach By C.H. LOVELOCK, G. LEWIN, G.S. DAY and J.E.G. BATESON. Impact Analysis for Program Evaluation By Lawrence b. mohr. Cases in Public Policy Analysis By george m. guess and paul g. farnham. Fair Pay: The Managerial Challenge of Comparable Worth and Job Evaluation BY thomas h. Patten.     

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Judges and Judging: Inside the Canadian Judicial System By PETER MC CORMICK and IAN GREENE. La Guerre des Experts: comment la commission royale sur la gestion financière et l'imputabilité a perdu la bataille (The War of the Experts: how the Royal Commission on Financial Management and Accountability lost the battle). By MOHAMED CHARIH. Le ministère des Affaires extérieures du Canada. Volume I. Les années de formation, 1909–1946 DE JOHN HILLIKER. Canada's Department of External Affairs, Volume I: The Early Years, 1909–1946 By JOHN HILLIKER. Ethical Frontiers in Public Management: Seeking New Strategies for Resolving Ethical Dilemmas Edited by JAMES S. BOWMAN. The Third America: The Emergence of the Nonprofit Sector in the United States By MICHAEL O'NEILL. Strategic Management of Public and Third Sector Organizations: A Handbook for Leaders By PAUL G. NUTT and ROBERT W. BACKOFF. Administrative Argument By CHRISTOPHER HOOD and MICHAEL JACKSON.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Public Service of South Australia : ADELAIDE, S.A. Public Choice and Federalism in Australia and Canada : By M.H. SPROULE-JONES. Traité de droit administratif: canadien et québécois. : Par R. DUSSAULT. Divided Loyalties: Canadian Concepts of Federalism : By EDWIN R. BLACK. An Approach to Social Reporting in the Canadian North : By K. SCOTT WOOD. Culture et Management: Le cas de l'entreprise québécoise : Par GEORGES MAURICE HENAULT. Policing in Canada : By WILLIAM and NORA KELLY. Cabinet Studies: A Reader : Edited by VALENTINE HERMAN and JAMES E. ALT. American Public Administration: Past, Present, Future : Edited by FREDERICK C. MOSHER.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Handbook of Public Administration Edited by jack rabin, w. bartley hildreth, and gerald j. miller. Public Financial Management: A Canadian Text By C. LLOYD BROWN-JOHN, ANDRÉ LEBLOND, and D. BRIAN marson. Nucleus: A History of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited By Robert bothwell. Proving Discrimination in Canada By BÉatrice Vizkelety. The Future of Health and Health Care Systems in the Industrialized Societies International Public Policy Sourcebook: Vol. 1, Health and Social Welfare Division of Social Sciences, University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus Edited by jack paul desario. Why Leaders Can't Lead: The Unconscious Conspiracy Continues By warren bennis. The Invisible Bureaucracy - The Unconscious in Organizational Problem Solving By HOWELL BAUM, New York: Oxford University Press. 1987 The Workplace Within: Psychodynamlcs of Organizational Life By larry hirschhorn.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Communications in Canadian Society; Edited by Benjamin D. Singer . Reading from Left to Right: One Man's Political History; By H.S. Ferns . Holding Government Bureaucracies Accountable; By Bernard Rosen . Public Sector Management, Systems, and Ethics; By Lours C. Gawthrop .     

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Book reviewed in this article: Rationality in Public Policy: Retrospect and Prospect. A Tribute to Douglas G. Hartle. Canadian Tax Paper No. 104 Edited by RICHARD M. BIRD, MICHAEL J. TREILBOCK and THOMAS A. WILSON. Precarious Values: Organizations, Politics and Labour Market Policy in Ontario By THOMAS R. KLASSEN. Les relations du travail au Québec de michel leclerc et michel QUIMPER The Audit Society: Rituals of Verification By MICAHEL POWER Bureaucratic Language In Government and Business ROGER W. SHUY. From Bureaucracy to Public Management: The Administrative Culture of the Government of Canada By O.P. DWIEDI and JAMES IAIN GOW.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Politics of Public Management: The HRDC Audit of Grants and Contributions:By DAVID A. GOOD Arctic Justice: On Trial for Murder, Pond Inlet, 1923:By SHELAGH D. GRANT Science, Money and Politics: Political Triumph and Ethical Erosion:By DANIEL S. GREENBERG. Introduction to Emergency Management:By GEORGE D. HADDOW and JANE A. BULLOCK. Voluntary Environmental Agreements: Process, Practice and Future Use:Edited by PATRICK TEN BRINKS The Canadian Federalist Experiment: From Defiant Monarchy to Reluctant Republic:By FREDERICK VAUGHAN Organization Behaviour Reassessed: The Impact of Gender:Edited by ELISABETH WILSON The Struggle for Quebec: From Referendum to Referendum:By ROBERT A YOUNG     

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Book reviewed in this article: Public Administration: History and Theory in Contemporary Perspective ; Edited by Joseph A. Uveces Jr . No Fault of Their Own: Unemployment and the Canadian Welfare State 1914–1941 ; By James Struthers . When Freedom is Lost: The Dark Side of the Relationship Between Government and the Fort Hope Band ; By Paul Driben and Robert S. Trudeau . Local Government: Politicians, Professionals and the Public in Local Authorities ; By Howard Elcock . City Politics in Canada ; Edited by Warren Magnusson and Andrew Sancton . Parliament and Bureaucracy, Parliamentary Scrutiny of Administration: Prospects and Problems in the 1980s ; Edited by J.R. Nethercote . The Executive Challenge ; By Michael B. Mc Caskey . The Politics of Canadian Airport Development: Lessons for Federalism ; By Elliot J. Feldman and Jerome Milch . Organisation Theory and Management ; Edited by Thomas D. Lynch . The Politics of Canadian Public Policy ; Michael M. Atkinson and Marsha A. Chandler     

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Book reviewed in this article: Strategic Design and Organizational Change: Pacific Rim Seaports in Transition:By Herman L. Boschken. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. 1988. Pp. xvi, 234; Index. $29.95 (cloth) Leadership, Organizations and Culture:By Peter B. Smith and Mark F. Peterson. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications. 1988. Pp. 208 When Public Sector Workers Unionize:Edited by Richard B. Freeman and Casey Ichniowski. Chicago. University of Chicago Press. 1988. Pg. 419 Spolls of Power: The Politics of Patronage:By Jeffrey Simpson. Toronto: Collins Publishers. 1988. Pp. 406. $27.95 (cloth)     

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Book reviewed in this article: Tableau de bord de gestion et indicateurs de performance:de Pierre Voyer2^eédition. Presses de l'Université du Québec Walter Gordon and the Rise of Canadian Nationalism:By Stephen Azzi Taking it to the Hill: The Complete Guide to Appearing before (and Surviving) Parliamentary Committees:By David Mcinnes Beyond the New Public Management: Changing Ideas and Practices in Governance:Edited by Martin Monocle, Charles Polidano and David Hume     

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Book reviewed in this article: Constltutional Odyssey: can Canadians Be a Soverelgn People?De PETER H. RUSSELL A Partnership in Trouble: Renegotiating Fiscal Federalism By PETER M. LESLIE, KENNETH NORRIE, and IRENE K. IP Governments at Work: Canadian Parliamentary Federalism and Its Public Policy EffectsBy MARK SPROULE-JONES The Cultures of Work Organizations By HARRISON TRICE and JANICE BEYER Political Management in Canada By ALLAN BLAKENEY and SANDFORD BORINS.Toronto Faith and Fear: The Free Trade Story By G. BRUCE DOERN and BRIAN W. TOMLIN     

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Book reviewed in this article: Multinationals and Technology Transfer: The Canadian Experience; Edited by Alan M. Rugman . Financing Canadian Unemployment Insurance; Canadian Tax Paper No. 73. By Jonathan R. Kesselman . Le français dans les airs: le conflit du bilinguisme dans le contrdle de la circulation aerienne au Canada; Par SANDFORD F. BORINS. Qualitative Methodology; By John van Maamen Public Management Research in the United States; By c. David Garson and E. Samuel Overman . Pipeline Regulation and Inflation; Editrd by R.N. Morrison and R.J. Schultz . Public Budgeting and Finance: Behavioral, Theoretical, and Technical Perspectives; Edited by Robert Golembiewski and Jack Rabin . The Manitoba Commercial Freshwater Fisheries: an Economic Analysis; By Gordon S. Gislason , James A. Macmillan and Jack w. Craven .