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100			_aBumgarner, John
245			_aThe irony of NPM: the inevitable extension of the role of the American state
260			_c2009
300			_ap.189-207.
362			_aMar
520			_aGovernment delivery mechanisms and services are increasingly being shifted to the private sector where executive values of efficiency and effectiveness reign supreme whereas legislative and judicial institutional values are confined to traditional government agencies. New Public Management (NPM) has ironically initiated a process of diffusing legislative and judicial institutional values into the contract state through reactive legislative enactments and judicial opinions that attempt to reinforce the constitutional character of public action. An integration of NPM and legislative and judicial constitutional values is sought to reach a balancing point in the American state. Last, prescriptions are provided for ongress, the judiciary, and public administrators to reach a balancing point that will ensure the protection of constitutional values while valuing effectiveness and efficiency. Thus, NPM may create a potential paradox - rather than the state becoming minimalist in nature, NPM will increase the influence of the state through the diffusion of constitutional values. - Reproduced.
650			_aPublic administration
700			_aNewswander, Chal B.
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
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