New Public Management and New Professionalism across Nations and Contexts

Kevin T. Leicht; Tony Walter; Ivan Sainsaulieu; Scott Davies

doi:10.1177/0011392109104355

New Public Management and New Professionalism across Nations and Contexts

Kevin T. Leicht, Tony Walter, Ivan Sainsaulieu, Scott Davies

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Abstract

The professions in the West are undergoing unprecedented calls for greater accountability and efficiency in service delivery. This article links these changes to recent developments in institutional theory that emphasize shifting salience of technical over symbolic organizational environments. The analysis of the adaptations to these changes in French and British healthcare, Canadian education and US managerial consulting suggest that country-specific responses to neoliberal institutional pressures are highly path dependent. The article concludes by suggesting a research program for the future study of the cross-national responses of professional groups to neoliberal economic and political ideologies.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	581-605+612-613
Journal	Current Sociology
Volume	57
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392109104355
State	Published - Jul 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Institutional theory
Neoliberalism
New professionalism
New public management
Postindustrial society
Professional accountability

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Sociology and Political Science

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