Local Management and New Public Management

Economic globalization, growingly differentiated and unstable markets, fiscal crises in light of increasing public expenditure are the elements of an uncertain future for local communities. The latter are captured in the growing demand of users or citizens for quality in public services and in the r...

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Main Author: Irena Bačlija
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2011-12-01
Series:Central European Public Administration Review
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/CEPAR/article/view/20345
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description Economic globalization, growingly differentiated and unstable markets, fiscal crises in light of increasing public expenditure are the elements of an uncertain future for local communities. The latter are captured in the growing demand of users or citizens for quality in public services and in the regulation of the state that (sometimes) limits the creative development and competition on a global market of local communities. In the context of this ever demanding environment functions local administration that has to be reformed in order to conform with the elements of this environment. The article presents the specifics of local management and alongside its reform process by the principles of new public management. Empirical part of the article explains findings of an extensive study of local administrations in the European Union and their reforms with implications that show the effects of reformed local administration on the effectiveness of the entire local community.
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spelling doaj-art-6bdab2ac6a734a92b89fece52964343a2025-01-22T10:55:13ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Central European Public Administration Review2591-22402591-22592011-12-019410.17573/cepar.v9i4.194Local Management and New Public ManagementIrena BačlijaEconomic globalization, growingly differentiated and unstable markets, fiscal crises in light of increasing public expenditure are the elements of an uncertain future for local communities. The latter are captured in the growing demand of users or citizens for quality in public services and in the regulation of the state that (sometimes) limits the creative development and competition on a global market of local communities. In the context of this ever demanding environment functions local administration that has to be reformed in order to conform with the elements of this environment. The article presents the specifics of local management and alongside its reform process by the principles of new public management. Empirical part of the article explains findings of an extensive study of local administrations in the European Union and their reforms with implications that show the effects of reformed local administration on the effectiveness of the entire local community.https://journals.uni-lj.si/CEPAR/article/view/20345local administrationnew public managementlocal communities
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Local Management and New Public Management
Central European Public Administration Review
local administration
new public management
local communities
title Local Management and New Public Management
title_full Local Management and New Public Management
title_fullStr Local Management and New Public Management
title_full_unstemmed Local Management and New Public Management
title_short Local Management and New Public Management
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topic local administration
new public management
local communities
url https://journals.uni-lj.si/CEPAR/article/view/20345
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