Governance, rational choice and new public management (npm): a general view (and some critics)

de Oliveira Fornasier, M. and Franklin, S. 2019. Governance, rational choice and new public management (npm): a general view (and some critics). Revista Brasileira de Estudos Políticos. 119 (2), pp. 327-362. https://doi.org/10.9732/P.0034-7191.2019V119P327

TitleGovernance, rational choice and new public management (npm): a general view (and some critics)
TypeJournal article
Authorsde Oliveira Fornasier, M. and Franklin, S.
Abstract

This article aims to study the New Public Management (NPM), one of the main trends associated to neoliberalism. It studies governance to show its general, wider and abstract scope. It also focuses on the Rational Choice as an important theory about governance, a basis for NPM. And it observes the neoliberal foundations of NPM, showing critical aspects of its real practice. Methodology: hypothetical deductive method of research, with a qualitative and critical approach and bibliographic-documental research technique. As results of this research, we can conclude that: i) the ideological usage of NPM has been expressed in a culture of minimal state and
government - but in practice, such culture, when embossing implemented reforms, seldom reverted the role of the state, destroyed social safety nets, and placed the tax burden on the working majority rather than on the wealthy elite; ii) advocates for NPM have Western-shaped minds, generally making erroneous assumptions about institutions and cultures, which
may be present in Anglo-American countries, but not in other culturally different ones; iii) in practice, NPM reforms were imposed to low-income countries by donor institutions to adjust their states for good governance - but those reforms did not solve problems with inefficiency and corruption. This work is original and valuable because it shows that even
when public policies highlight the importance of less
state intervention, solid norms and institutions are
always necessary, and because it helps demystifying
discourses that simply put that less state/more market
politics can be valuable everywhere.

Keywordsgovernance Rational Choice Theory New Public Management neoliberalism
JournalRevista Brasileira de Estudos Políticos
Journal citation119 (2), pp. 327-362
ISSN0034-7191
Year2019
PublisherUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher's version
License
CC BY-NC 4.0
File Access Level
Open (open metadata and files)
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.9732/P.0034-7191.2019V119P327
Web address (URL)https://pos.direito.ufmg.br/rbep/index.php/rbep/article/view/681/549
Publication dates
Published22 Nov 2019

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