POLS1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: New Public Management, Public Administration, Neoconservatism

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Lecture 9 - Governance
narrative of shift from Government to Governance
based on an understanding of change
dominant narrative this field
powerful academic construct - may not reflect reality
the system of government we have now is radically different to what we had 20/30
years ago
typical democracy:
Citizen (ballot box input) -> parliament -> executive -> civil service -> dept a, b, c, et. -
> the citizen (public policy output
but policy is now created by other actors too - NGOs etc.
concept of:
exclusive policymaking authority and legitimacy
Consolidated and hierarchical system
clear link between citizen and state
Late 1980s = beginning of change
Causes:
fiscal crises
ideology
new public management
New Public Management
Principles:
govt. should produce policy via private sectors
Increased use of private sector practice
Separation of political aspect of policy from implementation of policy
fragmentation - new non state bodies
globalisation
Post-modernism (new probs)
why did it change?
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economic crises - allowed political narrative that the state caused them
that inflation attached to social policy, scale of govt, etc. caused the crises
Neo-conservative ideology, social democrats - promoted narrative that govt. had to
scale down, expenditure was too high
enabling not providing, steering not rowing
govts. should let others deliver services - private healthcare
Directing policy but not doing the heavy work
reducing expenditure but retaining control
globalisation - state is being hollowed out
traditional responsibilities, e.g. foreign policy, now exist internationally rather than
within states
global institutions = problems become global, require more global institutions to fix
them
narrative that todays problems are different
govt. cant deal with these issues
issues requiring collective solutions across many sectors
only a governance context can deal with this
Effects:
steering not rowing
liberalisation
fragmentation
supra-nationalism
collective action
result:
interconnection of pub + private sector, NGOs, etc.
the narrative:
Govts were transformed across 80s/90s/00s
different levels of govt. became interdependent
policy was seen to recreated through networks independent from the state
Classic accounts of govt. were flawed
govts had lost power, authority, centrality
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Citizen (ballot box input) -> parliament -> executive -> civil service -> dept a, b, c, et. > the citizen (public policy output but policy is now created by other actors too - ngos etc. concept of: exclusive policymaking authority and legitimacy. Consolidated and hierarchical system clear link between citizen and state. Principles: govt. should produce policy via private sectors. Separation of political aspect of policy from implementation of policy fragmentation - new non state bodies globalisation. Post-modernism (new probs) why did it change? economic crises - allowed political narrative that the state caused them that inflation attached to social policy, scale of govt, etc. caused the crises. Neo-conservative ideology, social democrats - promoted narrative that govt. had to scale down, expenditure was too high (cid:1684)enabling not providing(cid:1685), (cid:1684)steering not rowing(cid:1685) govts. should let others deliver services - private healthcare. Effects: steering not rowing liberalisation fragmentation supra-nationalism collective action result: interconnection of pub + private sector, ngos, etc. the narrative:

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