Public administration and public management
Is there a difference between Public Administration and Public Management as academic fields? In his newly published Chapter in Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Management, Per L忙greid claims there are no significant differences between the two.
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In the entry named 鈥淧olitical Organizations and Public Management 鈥� An Institutional Approach鈥�, Per L忙greid takes a closer look on the similarities between the two academic fields. The chapter applies an institutional perspective to public management as a political form of organization, an issue the author describes as a neglected issue in the New Public Management (NPM) turn in administrative reforms.
Public management is analyzed as part of a larger political-democratic order and system of governance, implying that history and context matter for how political-administrative systems are organized and how they change.A core argument in L忙greid鈥檚 chapter is that the organizational basis of governmental institutions is not simply a technical, apolitical matter but also mobilizes bias in various ways. The focus is on 鈥榣iving鈥� organizations and institutions and how they work in practice.
The chapter was published as a part of Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Management,聽 edited by Kuno Schedler. .