Political Science 3363F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Public Administration Theory, New Public Management, Government Failure
16 Nov 2016
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Lecture 10 governance, private provision of public services. To what extent does stone"s de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal u(cid:396)(cid:271)a(cid:374) (cid:396)egi(cid:373)e o(cid:396) molot(cid:272)h"s g(cid:396)o(cid:449)th (cid:373)a(cid:272)hi(cid:374)e (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)e locally rooted (parochial) capital? (does the regime idea only apply to a particular historical period) 1950s-60: expansion of government, welfare state: liberalization of trade and capital markets. 1970s: recession, slowing growth sense of government overreach/failure. Intensifying national competition due to liberal trade need to create conditions for national firms to move in. 1980s-90s: deficit spending, increased fiscal stress: general decline of confidence in government, retrenchment (government doing less), marketization, devolution (national government too big, things pushed down) Non-defence government spending as percentage of gdp: steady upward growth in size of government post-wwii, canadian public sector growing at greater rate than usa. Ideological goal: increase individual freedom by reducing state intervention: deregulation, tax cuts, welfare state rollback, privatization. Policy goal: balance budgets through fiscal retrenchment (spending cuts) Shift in government spending sharp decline in the mid 1990s.
