China, the West and the Myth of New Public Management custom-course_code-bmsc12003 The authors range from the

The authors range from the senior and experienced to new and exciting young scholars

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the book draws out two overarching key factors: the way in which the prevailing neopatrimonial political order has become entrenched

China, the West and the Myth of New Public Management custom-course_code-bmsc12003 The authors range from theIn the West, innovations in new public management (NPM) have been regarded as part of the neoliberal project, whilst in China, these reforms have emerged from a very different economic and social landscape. Despite these differences however, similar measures to those introduced in the West have been adopted by the Chinese state, which has largely abandoned the planned economy and adopted market mechanisms in the pursuit of improved economic efficiency