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Management, management everywhere: whatever happened to governance?

B. Guy Peters (Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)

International Journal of Public Sector Management

ISSN: 0951-3558

Article publication date: 14 August 2017

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relationships between governance and a variety of approaches to public administration, especially New Public Management.

Design/methodology/approach

The study provides a conceptual review of the various approaches to public management and governance.

Findings

Many approaches to public administration, especially New Public Management, place excessive emphasis on quotidian management issues and insufficient attention to broader issues of governance.

Originality/value

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Keywords

Acknowledgements

Thanks for Jon Pierre for comments on an earlier version of this paper.

Citation

Peters, B.G. (2017), "Management, management everywhere: whatever happened to governance?", International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 30 No. 6-7, pp. 606-614. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPSM-05-2017-0146

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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