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Neoliberal power and public management reforms
This book examines contemporary public administration reforms seeking to promote accountability, credibility and evidence.It is argued that a particular form of constructivist neoliberalism play a pivotal role in these reforms.
Introduction -- Critical approaches to public administration and management -- Neoliberalism: epistemological finitude or infinite freedom? -- Accountability: the reflection and expansion of government? -- Democratic accountability and the institutionalisation of performance auditing -- Accreditation: the ultimate technique for governing government? -- Evidence-based policymaking: toward epistemological infinitude? -- A new civil-servant persona? -- Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [156]-180) and index.