00861pab a2200133 454500008004000000100002100040245002500061260000900086300001300095362000800108520053700116650002600653773004800679180718b2001   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aKeating, Michael  aCan government cope?  c2001  ap.98-103  aSep  aThis article was originally presented as a paper to the National Conference of the Institute of Public Administration Australia on 1 December 2000.  It considers why governments have adopted a more market-oriented approach to governance, concluding that this change in means has generally helped them to achieve their preferred courses of action.  However, the principal threats to government capacity are political not technical, and the article also discusses the limitations of market-based policies in this respect. - Reproduced  aPublic administration  aAustralian Journal of Public Administration