The Persistent Constraints of New Public Management on Sustainable Co-Production between Non-Profit Professionals and Service Users
In this paper, I explore whether and how New Public Management (NPM) inhibits the long-term sustainability of co-production between non-profit practitioners and service users in the United Kingdom. I show how the key elements of NPM (contracts and competitive tendering, performance measurement, a pr...
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| description | In this paper, I explore whether and how New Public Management (NPM) inhibits the long-term sustainability of co-production between non-profit practitioners and service users in the United Kingdom. I show how the key elements of NPM (contracts and competitive tendering, performance measurement, a pressure for non-profits to become more ‘business-like’, and the framing of citizens as ‘customers’) provide distinct barriers for non-profits to engage in co-production over the longer term, inhibiting the long-term creation of value for citizens. Through an analysis of seven case study organisations, this paper contributes to building theory about the sustainability of co-production, the factors that shape enduring co-production, and the compatibility/incompatibility of NPM tools with co-production. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a16489ecaf7b498eb5d6f50487061fbb2023-11-16T18:26:00ZengMDPI AGAdministrative Sciences2076-33872023-01-011323710.3390/admsci13020037The Persistent Constraints of New Public Management on Sustainable Co-Production between Non-Profit Professionals and Service UsersCaitlin McMullin0Department of Politics and Society, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, DenmarkIn this paper, I explore whether and how New Public Management (NPM) inhibits the long-term sustainability of co-production between non-profit practitioners and service users in the United Kingdom. I show how the key elements of NPM (contracts and competitive tendering, performance measurement, a pressure for non-profits to become more ‘business-like’, and the framing of citizens as ‘customers’) provide distinct barriers for non-profits to engage in co-production over the longer term, inhibiting the long-term creation of value for citizens. Through an analysis of seven case study organisations, this paper contributes to building theory about the sustainability of co-production, the factors that shape enduring co-production, and the compatibility/incompatibility of NPM tools with co-production.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/13/2/37co-productionsustainabilitynon-profit organisationsNew Public Management |
| spellingShingle | Caitlin McMullin The Persistent Constraints of New Public Management on Sustainable Co-Production between Non-Profit Professionals and Service Users Administrative Sciences co-production sustainability non-profit organisations New Public Management |
| title | The Persistent Constraints of New Public Management on Sustainable Co-Production between Non-Profit Professionals and Service Users |
| title_full | The Persistent Constraints of New Public Management on Sustainable Co-Production between Non-Profit Professionals and Service Users |
| title_fullStr | The Persistent Constraints of New Public Management on Sustainable Co-Production between Non-Profit Professionals and Service Users |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Persistent Constraints of New Public Management on Sustainable Co-Production between Non-Profit Professionals and Service Users |
| title_short | The Persistent Constraints of New Public Management on Sustainable Co-Production between Non-Profit Professionals and Service Users |
| title_sort | persistent constraints of new public management on sustainable co production between non profit professionals and service users |
| topic | co-production sustainability non-profit organisations New Public Management |
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