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100			_aHelden, G. Jan Van
245			_aNew public management in Dutch Local government
260			_c2003
300			_ap.68-88.
362			_aSummer
520			_aThis article investigates the adoption of New Public Management (NPM) in Dutch local government. According to Hood's concept of NPM, it will show the extent to which Dutch municipalities have adopted business like instruments and styles. Following Pollitt's framework on studying public management changes, a distinction will be made between changes in ideology, instruments, practices and impacts. This article concludes that, unlike ideological and instrumental innovations, the evidence for NPM-like practices and impacts is limited. to put it crudely, a lot of apparent changes in Dutch local government seem to be only skin-deep. - Reproduced.
650			_aPublic administration
650			_aLocal government
700			_aJansen, E. Pieter
773			_aLocal Government Studies
909			_a57050
999			_c57050 _d57050