01108pab a2200181 454500 180718b2003 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Helden, G. Jan Van New public management in Dutch Local government 2003 p.68-88. Summer This article investigates the adoption of New Public Management (NPM) in Dutch local government. According to Hood's concept of NPM, it will show the extent to which Dutch municipalities have adopted business like instruments and styles. Following Pollitt's framework on studying public management changes, a distinction will be made between changes in ideology, instruments, practices and impacts. This article concludes that, unlike ideological and instrumental innovations, the evidence for NPM-like practices and impacts is limited. to put it crudely, a lot of apparent changes in Dutch local government seem to be only skin-deep. - Reproduced. Public administration Local government Jansen, E. Pieter Local Government Studies 57050 57050 57050 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 29, Issue no: 2 AR57495 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR