The European public sectors in the age of managerialism

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ID7973524
AutoresGiovanni Esposito (0000-0003-0565-7127), Ewan Ferlie (0000-0003-2947-5141), Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta (0000-0001-7994-292X)
Año2018
Volumen38
Número4
Páginas480-499
Fecha de publicación2018-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPolitics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0032-3268 • E-ISSN: 1467-9256
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0263395717727253
OpenAlexW2762782058
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas66

During the past 50 years, European public sectors have undergone a profound process of organizational change, where managerial tools and principles from the private sector have permeated through governments and administrations of many countries. A substantial amount of academic literature has now been devoted to public management reforms. Many scholars have associated them with the diffusion of a managerialist ideology. However, the relationship between public management reforms, political ideology, and public expressions of support for these reforms by political parties has been a relatively under-explored topic within the literature and is the gap we address in this article. Using a longitudinal framework of study, our analysis shows how issues surrounding managerialist reforms have evolved across the electoral manifestos of European parties during the past 50 years. Our findings reveal that these reforms have enjoyed a growing political profile over time in many countries within Western and Eastern Europe. Furthermore, we also examine and discuss the differences and similarities of these reforms across countries

Ideology · Managerialism · New public management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public sector · Sociology · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research