New development: Is it time for New Public Service Bargain?

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Table 1. New Public Service Bargain: a paradigm shift.

Paradigm	Theoretical Roots	Nature of the state	Focus	Emphasis	Resource allocation mechanism	Nature of the service system	Value Base
Public administration	Political science and public policy	Unitary	The political system	Policy creation and implementation	Hierarchy	Closed	Public sector ethos
New Public Management	Rational/public choice theory and management studies	Regulatory	The organization	Management of organizational resources and performance	The market and classical or neo-classical contracts	Open rational	Efficacy of competition and the marketplace
New Public Governance	Institutional and network theory	Plural and pluralist	The organization in its environment	Negotiation of values, meaning and relationships	Networks and relational contracts	Open closed	Dispersed and contested
New Public Service Bargain	Human relations theory	Empowering	Organization for effective public service delivery	Meaningful and rewarding work	Fair and decent employment contract	Open	Public service capacity

Adapted from Osborne (2010, p. 10).

Osborne, S. (2010). Introduction: The (New) Public Governance: a suitable case for treatment. In S. Osborne (Ed.), The New Public Governance? Emerging perspectives on the theory and practice of public governance (pp. 1–35). Routledge.

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