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008			180718b1998 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
100			_aBarberis, Peter
245			_aThe new public management and a new accountability
260			_c1998
300			_ap.451-70
362			_aAutumn
520			_aThere has long been a disparity between the practice and the neo-Diceyan doctrine of accountability in British central government. This article shows that the New Public Management (NPM), while not itself the root cause of such disparity, has nevertheless both exacerbated and further exposed existing fault-lines. This much is evident from an examination of NPM's theoretical bearings and from brief case studies of the Child Protection Agency and the Prison Service. Reflecting broad and deep-seated forces, the NPM is unlikely to disappear. Thus although there are certain attractions in retaining neo-Diceyan assumptions, it may be more appropriate to reconstruct the formal doctrine. Drawing upon Spiro's notion of `multicentric' accountability and within the context of calls for wider constitutional reform, the article sketches the basis for a new doctrine, having regard to relevant moralities and practicalities. - Reproduced
650			_aPublic administration - Great Britain
650			_aPublic administration
773			_aPublic Administration
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