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100			_aDilulio, John D. Jr.
245			_aRecovering the public management variable: lessons from schools, prisons, and armies
260			_c1998
300			_ap.1147-168
362			_aJun-Aug
520			_aDoes public management matter? Under what, if any, conditions does how public organizations are led, structured, and coordinated affect the quality of citizens' lives? This exploratory essay recommends an approach to public management studies that is directed at answering these questions and "recovering" the public management variable. Using examples from the recent literature on schools, prisons, and armies, and drawing on various theoretical literatures, it is argued that the future of public management studies should lie in efforts to specify what ends given public organizations ought to achieve and how best to achieve them. - Reproduced
650			_aPublic administration
773			_aInternational Journal of Public Administration
909			_a38057
999			_c38057 _d38057