Recent contributions to the literature on bureaucratic reform suggest that profit-seeking
consultants from the private sector are one of the main driving forces behind the global …

Following the rise of the New Public Management (NPM) in the 1980s, policymakers
increasingly mobilized management consultants from the private sector in the course of …

In the 1980s and 1990s the governance witnessed a shift from the Weberian model of
bureaucracy to the 'new managerialism'—a term used to describe the group of ideas …

This article explores the key question: What accounts for the growing importance of
management consultants in the public policy process? To do so, the article relies on …

In 1967, John Deutsch contended that civil servants would have a reduced role in the
development of new policies because of the “increasing use of private consulting firms …

This article discusses the emergence of management consultants as a significant part of the
new public management (NPM) movement in Great Britain. NPM is defined as an effort by …

Management consultants are brought into government to model public organizations after
what is perceived to be the corporate sector's more legitimate or superior management …

This paper examines the practices of a distinctive group of change agents in the reform of
the UK public sector-management consultants. The involvement of management consultants …

Governments have always had a strong relationship with the business sector. Traditionally,
the use of consultants by the public sector has been somewhat subdued. In bygone …

First published in 1998, this volume examines how in the 1980s Australian governments
experienced dramatic change in the policy-making environment. The use of consultants by …