TY - JOUR A1 - Hammerschmid, Gerhard A1 - van de Walle, Steven T1 - The impact of the new public management: Challenges for coordination and cohesion in European public sectors JF - Halduskultuur - Administrative Culture N2 - New Public Management has been around for a quarter of a century in European public sectors, yet despite the movement’s emphasis on indicators and evidence, there have been surprisingly few encompassing evaluations. In this paper, we provide an overview of academic evaluation and impact studies of entire NPM-style reform programmes. We distinguish between two sets of NPM-style changes and reforms. One is that of specific managerial innovations within public organisations. The other consists of changes to the role of government and citizens as a result of NPM ideas. We conclude that a majority of academic research has focused on the first set of changes, while approaches to the second set has been mainly of a critical nature with relatively limited attention for empirical studies. KW - New Public Management KW - Fragmentation KW - Cohesion KW - Coordination Y1 - 2011 UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228123933_The_Impact_of_the_New_Public_Management_Challenges_for_Coordination_and_Cohesion_in_European_Public_Sectors_Review_Essay VL - 12 IS - 2 SP - 190 EP - 209 ER -