Public sector reform and the public interest in Australia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6233472
AutoresMichael He (0000-0002-6991-0120), Michael Hess (0000-0001-9921-4735, Australian National University), David Adams (0000-0002-5479-0007, Australian National University), David M Adams (0000-0002-7467-9170)
Año2003
Volumen11
Número1
Páginas22-39
Fecha de publicación2003-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAsian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0218-5377 • E-ISSN: 1750-7812
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02185370308434217
OpenAlexW2085711404
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas15

Contemporary public sector reforms in Australia have been dominated by efficiency, productivity and contestability considerations captured in the National Competition Policy (NCP). Both in the reform process in general and in the NCP processes in particular, the lack of priority attributed to non‐economic concerns such as co‐ordination, equity, representation, political accountability, consultation and distributive outcomes has been a serious omission. The idea of public interest, once central to democratic public administration, has re‐emerged to challenge the perceived excesses of economic rationalism as the unifying idea of reform. In this article it is argued that substantive situational manifestations of public interest can be used to complement rather than undermine the efficiency, productivity and contestability objectives of public sector reform

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