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Mixes, Matches, and Mistakes

Mixes, Matches, and Mistakes - New Public Management in Russia and the Former Soviet Republics

Published in Budapest by OSI/LGI in 2008

Author		B. Guy Peters Lianna Mkhitaryan Nuruipa Mukanova Pavel Romanov Saltanat Janenova Vitalis Nakrosis
Editor		B. Guy Peters
Series		LGI Books
Languages		English
Issue		Public administration reform Decentralization and local governments
Country		Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Armenia
ISBN		978-963-9719-11-8

Like most other countries of the world, governments in Russia and the former Soviet republics have been influenced by the ideas of New Public Management, which at the most basic level involves the use of market-type devices to manage the public sector. In this model of governing, toplevel public managers are central to making government more efficient, and citizens are conceptualized more as consumers of services rather than as political actors.

Mixes, Matches, and Mistakes charts the ways in which New Public Management has influenced Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, and Russia. In all cases that influence has been conditioned by the political and economic challenges faced by governments and the legacies of state socialism. Further, these studies demonstrate the range of specific programs derived from New Public Management - ranging from performance management to privatization to "one-stop shops". Finally, these studies illustrate that one round of reform in the public sector, no matter how extensive it may be or where it is implemented, is often just the prelude to the next, and that these reforms have created problems that will require yet another set of changes.


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