Neoliberal Power and Public Management Reforms

Hardback

Main Details

Title Neoliberal Power and Public Management Reforms
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Peter Triantafillou
SeriesSocial and Political Power
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:192
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenrePolitical economy
ISBN/Barcode 9781526103741
ClassificationsDewey:351
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 18 April 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book examines the links between major contemporary public sector reforms and neoliberal thinking. The key contribution of the book is to enhance our understanding of contemporary neoliberalism as it plays out in the public administration and to provide a critical analysis of generally overlooked aspects of administrative power. The book examines the quest for accountability, credibility and evidence in the public sector. It asks whether this quest may be understood in terms of neoliberal thinking and, if so, how? The book makes the argument that while current administrative reforms are informed by several distinct political rationalities, they evolve above all around a particular form of neoliberalism: constructivist neoliberalism. The book analyses the dangers of the kinds of administrative power seeking to invoke the self-steering capacities of society and administration itself. -- .

Author Biography

Peter Triantafillou is Professor in Public Policy and Performance Management at the Department of Social Sciences and Business at Roskilde University -- .