Keating, Michael creator text xu| 2001 continuing ng p.98-103 This 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 Public administration Australian Journal of Public Administration 180718