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100			_aAlcaras, Jean-Robert et al
245			_aThe managerial conversion of senior civil servants: a convenient myth for the French local welfare state?
260			_c2016
300			_ap.190-207.
362			_aMar
520			_aHas 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.
650			_aPublic administration
650			_aCivil service
773			_aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
909			_a110512
999			_c110507 _d110507