What's New about the New Public Management? Administrative Change in the Human Services |
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| Authors: | Stephen Page |
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| Affiliation: | Assistant professor at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington. He has also worked as a consultant to state and local governments and nonprofit organizations that serve children and families. His research focuses on interorganizational issues in the design and management of social and health policies. E-mail: . |
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| Abstract: | Interpretations of the emergence of the New Public Management are split. The champions of the movement present it as a new administrative paradigm that departs sharply from past thinking and practice, whereas skeptics argue it has evolved incrementally from past administrative traditions. To assess these views, this article examines recent administrative innovations in the human services that broadly reflect the New Public Management. The findings suggest that these innovations have built incrementally on past reforms in the human services field, supporting the skeptics' claim that the New Public Management represents an evolution and renewal of historical trends in public administration. |
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