Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

5-2023

Abstract

I trace the bibliometric evolution of “New Public Management Is Dead” by Dunleavy et al. to investigate how the seminal paper influenced the administrative reform debate. They suggested Digital-Era Governance as the main post-NPM idea. My bibliometric analysis discovers public value, administrative reform trajectories, and digital government as influential themes. Unlike Dunleavy et al., the literature found the managerial reform wave is not linear, reform ideas are supplementary, and NPM remains a major toolkit. Future research should focus on reintegration and need-based holism, linking digital government to administrative reform, and the negative impact of digital government on democracy.

Keywords

administrative reform, bibliometric analysis, digital government, network analysis, new public management

Discipline

Political Science | Scholarly Publishing

Research Areas

Political Science

Publication

Administration and Society

Volume

55

Issue

5

First Page

892

Last Page

920

ISSN

0095-3997

Identifier

10.1177/00953997231157753

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997231157753

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