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100			_aBeckett, Julia
245			_aThe government should run like a business mantra
260			_c2000
300			_ap.185-204
362			_aJun
520			_aThe common phrase, government should run like a business evokes powerful ideas: It is a mantra. This article considers the layers of connotation contained in this mantra, noting first that comparisons between government and business is a classic and constant theme in public administration. In recent literature, the theme and focus of business-government comparisons has shifted to modeling government after the market ideas of business. This article adds to this discussion by considering formal constitutive factors present in three basic business forms - the sole proprietor, the partnership, and the corporation. The article further asks whether any of these business forms provides useful models for government. A fundamental concern is conceptualizing government within the context of America's business mythology that echoes in the mantra, "government should run like a business." - Reproduced
650			_aPublic administration
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
909			_a46959
999			_c46959 _d46959