The Thinning of Administrative Institutions in the Hollow State

Terry, Larry D.

doi:10.1177/0095399705277136

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“…It is important to note that economic growth and redistribution are central to the government objectives. The restructuring of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is expected to lead to weakening of state control and authority over the provision of services, what may be called the thinning of the state (Terry, 2005). It is expected that the reform will capacitate markets and improve the delivery of services.…”

Section: Restructuring Of State Owned Enterprises In South Africamentioning

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Governance, Restructuring and the New Public Management Reform: South African Perspectives

Gumede

Dipholo

2014

JESR

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In the last two decades an array of management techniques and practices have been adopted and implemented by most governments to ameliorate public administration. This was principally because most governments got ensnared in huge debts, operational inefficiency, and ineffectiveness in service delivery including lack of accountability from political elites and public servants. These problems emanated from the quaint methods of fiscal management that were implemented and practiced resulting in rampant corruption and feeble public services. This led to widespread disgruntlement and demand for good governance hence the rise of the New Public Management (NPM). Theories like public choice theory and principal-agent theory propelled the rise of the New Public Management (NPM) with its consonant reforms and practices of restructuring. The colonial-independence-globalization theory also gave impetus to the emergence of the NPM theory for most former colonies like South Africa which had colonialism of a special type. Most African countries including South

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Section: Restructuring Of State Owned Enterprises In South Africamentioning

confidence: 99%

Governance, Restructuring and the New Public Management Reform: South African Perspectives

Gumede

Dipholo

2014

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“…The thin institutions are weak, because they lack capacity to be good administration, i.e. to maintain the people's confidence in government (Terry, 2005).…”

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The Public Administration Viewed from the Reflective Public Servants

Pečarič¹

2013

PAR

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Public objectives are mostly implemented within the public administration. Despite Weber's idea of rationality in the public administration the latter operates more in evolutionary manner by imitation of processes that have been effective in other areas. A starting point towards taming today's complexity can be an individual who operates primarily from his/her personal characteristics, regardless of the existing theories about the public administration (PA) in a manner "think globally, act locally". As long as we do not clearly know how cognitive processes affect the functioning of an individual, the subjective concepts of decision making and the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) can be helpful, due to known levels of knowledge, skills and competences. Entering into the unknown with the full personal preparedness for changes will be the motto of the future PA. This motto is covered within the EQF's levels from 6 to 8.

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“…Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, however, there has been a consistent trend in Latin America of privatization of state-owned enterprises, public divestment from agencies supplying goods and services, and reductions in state payrolls (Bulmer-Thomas, 1996). Following what is now called the philosophy of New Public Management public administration has also been reformed to replicate what are perceived as more efficient and flexible models of management in the private sector (Terry, 2005;Montecinos, 2005).…”

Section: Globalization Neoliberalism and Inequalitymentioning

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