Alcaras, Jean-Robert et al <br/><br/>
The managerial conversion of senior civil servants: a convenient myth for the French local welfare state? 

 -  2016 
 - p.190-207. 
 - Mar 
<br/><br/> Has New Public Management really been rolled out homogenously across the board? Drawing on research into the viewpoints and practices of a particular category of senior civil servants in France (those in charge of local welfare policy), this article takes a critical look at this assumption of convergence towards NPM. Behind a discursive convergence that remains superficial and partial, the reality tends more towards heterogeneous and contextualized appropriations of New Public Management benchmarks often leading to new forms of bureaucracy. In a context where the position of public officials has been weakened, management seems to have been adopted as a source of professional legitimization. By adopting this very useful managerial posture, these civil servants find comfort in perpetuating the myth of convergence. - Reproduced. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public administration<br/>Civil service