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100			_aPeters, B. Guy
245			_acitizens versus the new public manager: the problem of mutual empowerment
260			_c2000
300			_ap.9-28
362			_aMar
520			_aMany contemporary reforms of the public sector advocate empowerment as a solution for many of the problems of governing. The difficulty arises when different groups - clients, lower-level officials, senior officials, and local communities - are all the subject of empowerment. Attempts to enhance the power of all these players in the policy process is argued to create the probability of political conflict, and this is demonstrated with a set of examples. Efforts at empowerment further may be the sources of substantial disillusionment and possible alienation when it becomes apparent that all groups cannot be empowered at once. - Reproduced
650			_aPublic administration
700			_aPierre, Jon
773			_aAdministration and Society
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