TY - GEN AU - Urio, Paolo TI - China, the West and the myth of new public management: Neoliberalism and its discontents SN - 9780415695886 U1 - 351 PY - 2012/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Management - Public policy - Others KW - Public administration KW - Economic policy KW - Public administration - China KW - China - Economic policy - 2000- N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index. N2 - In the West, innovations in new public management (NPM) have been regarded as part of the neoliberal project, whilst in China, these reforms have emerged from a very different economic and social landscape. Despite these differences however, similar measures to those introduced in the West have been adopted by the Chinese state, which has largely abandoned the planned economy and adopted market mechanisms in the pursuit of improved economic efficiency and growth.(http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415695886/) ER -