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Schizophrenic Public Administration Reform in Hungary. Tension between anti-NPM systemic and pro-NPM organizational reforms

Rosta, Miklós (2014) Schizophrenic Public Administration Reform in Hungary. Tension between anti-NPM systemic and pro-NPM organizational reforms. Working Paper. Department of Comparative Economics, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest. (Unpublished)

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The final version appeared in Society and Economy, 2015, vol. 37, no. 2, p. 183-206. DOI: 10.1556/204.2015.37.2.3

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to shed the light on the relationship between New Public Management and Hungary’s Zoltán Magyary Public Administration Development Programme. As will be shown, the Magyary Programme has a dual structure. The systemic reforms run counter to the NPM philosophy because the main goal is the centralization of public administration, while NPM clearly advocates decentralization. At the same time, reform proposals on the organizational level conform to NPM. The inconsistencies in the Magyary Programme itself and the probable political and organizational resistance towards its proposals could delay the introduction of reforms on the organizational level.

Item Type:Monograph (Working Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:New Public Management, Hungarian Public Administration Reform, Magyary Zoltán Public Administration Development Programme
JEL classification:D73 - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
H11 - Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government
Divisions:Faculty of Economics > Department of Comparative Economics
Subjects:Public administration
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Deposited By: Dr. Miklós Rosta
Deposited On:06 Jan 2015 08:06
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