Public Management Reform: A Comparative Analysis - Into The Age of Austerity by Christopher Pollitt, Geert Bouckaert

4.13 AVERAGE

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3.25
informative slow-paced
read it for class... 
pros: 
  • actually goes deep into complexities of the public sector and how no countries have a pure administration style that is ideologically one way or another. laid out very nicely through graphs as well. 
  • brings an example for every single claim! even if i found them boring a lot of the time they are simplistic enough for grasping or very relevant in the wide scope of public administration 
  • although not that simple to do it still attempts to connect every theoretical standpoint with the three models (NPM, NWS, NPG) which also helps understand them better 
  • good comparative analysis between 12 countries and the European Commission
cons: 
  • no way in hell i would ever read this snoozefest on my own time 
  • especially the first chapter was just awful to read, i remember not understanding anything from it