Building the New Managerialist State
Consultants and the Politics of Public Sector Reform in Comparative Perspective
ISBN13: 9780199240371ISBN10: 019924037X
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264 pages
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This book seeks to explain why the changes produced by the new managerialism have been more radical in some countries than in others. Saint-Martin shows that the reception given by states to managerialist ideas depends on the openness of policy-making institutions to outside expert knowledge and on the organization, development, and social recognition of management consultancy.Features
- Comparative study of public sector reform in Britain, France, and Canada
- Analyses the influential role of management consultants
- Examines trends over the last forty years, culminating in the 'new managerialism' of the 1990s
About the Author(s)
Denis Saint-Martin is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University, Montreal. Previous positions include Assistant Professor, School of Public Administration, Carleton University, Ottawa (1998-9), and Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for European Studies, Harvard University (1996-8).
