A Critical Assessment of Central Agency Motives in Danish Public Management Reform

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  • Lotte Jensen

Abstract

This article explores the question why a relatively „healthy“ governance system like Denmark embarks on and continually develops NPM inspired public sector reforms. Expanding Roberts' categorization of problems as „simple“, „complex“ and „wicked“, the article interprets Hood's paradox of the „malade imaginaire“ as „solution driven problems“ in strong economies.

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Jensen, L. (2014). A Critical Assessment of Central Agency Motives in Danish Public Management Reform. International Public Management Review, 1(1), 116–132. Retrieved from https://ipmr.net/index.php/ipmr/article/view/181

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2000)

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