Contemporary Public Administration in New Zealand
Stories, Culture, Values
By Rodney Scott and Peter Hughes
Published
Mar 1, 2025Page count
272 pagesISBN
978-1529238853Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Mar 1, 2025Page count
272 pagesISBN
978-1529238877Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University Press“New Zealand offers a global case study of new public management. In this timely volume, Rodney Scott and Peter Hughes track the subtle but sustained evolution of an extraordinary experiment. Their analysis and personal insights inform a compelling account of how a contractual public service machine became a community of practice marked by autonomy and discretion.” Glyn Davis AC, Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australia
Peter Hughes is the Public Service Commissioner and Head of the New Zealand Public Service and has been a New Zealand public servant for over 35 years.
Rodney Scott is an Adjunct Professor of Public Administration at the University of New South Wales, Australia.
1.Context and Background
2.A History of Public Administration Doctrines in New Zealand.
3.Stewardship
4.Purpose
5.Identity and Belonging
6.Participation
7.Collective Action
8.Conclusion