Social impact bonds and public service reform: back to the future of New Public Management?

IF 2.3 3区管理学 Q2 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

International Public Management Journal Pub Date : 2022-05-02 DOI:10.1080/10967494.2022.2050859

Max French, J. Kimmitt, Rob Wilson, D. Jamieson, Toby Lowe

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Abstract

Abstract This article explores where the increasing adoption of SIBs and outcomes-based contracting may lead public service systems—toward New Public Governance, or ‘back’ to New Public Management. We present analysis from the first significant longitudinal qualitative study of a major UK SIB focused on improving outcomes in the context of social determinants of health to analyze how the two governance logics manifest and interact across the SIB lifecourse. We find that while both governance logics were present at initiation, over time NPM elements strengthened while NPG elements weakened. Two inalienable elements of the SIB model—investor power and data requirements for contract management—appeared to drive this change. Our findings provide evidence that SIBs promote a retrenchment of NPM, rather than a transition to NPG or a hybridization of the two governance logics. Findings also show how NPM, rather than a transitional stage toward NPG, can prove the more resilient and dominant governance logic within institutional forms.

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社会影响债券与公共服务改革:回到新公共管理的未来?

摘要本文探讨了系统重要性银行和基于结果的合同的日益采用可能会导致公共服务系统走向新的公共治理，或“回到”新的公共管理。我们对英国主要系统重要性银行的第一项重要纵向定性研究进行了分析，重点是在健康的社会决定因素背景下改善结果，以分析这两种治理逻辑在系统重要性银行生命周期中是如何表现和相互作用的。我们发现，虽然两种治理逻辑在启动时都存在，但随着时间的推移，NPM元素增强，而NPG元素减弱。SIB模型的两个不可分割的元素——投资者权力和合同管理的数据要求——似乎推动了这一变化。我们的研究结果提供了证据，证明系统重要性银行促进了NPM的紧缩，而不是向NPG的过渡或两种治理逻辑的混合。研究结果还表明，NPM，而不是向NPG过渡的阶段，可以证明制度形式中更具弹性和主导性的治理逻辑。

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International Public Management Journal PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-

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5.30

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期刊介绍： The International Public Management Journal (IPMJ) publishes high-quality empirical and theoretical work on managing large organizations, particularly public organizations. IPMJ features work from scholars around the world who conduct research in the areas of public management and government reform, comparative public administration, organizational theory, and organizational behavior. IPMJ seeks to provide a bridge between those conducting research on public management and public administration on the one hand, and those working in the areas of organizational behavior and organization theory on the other. IPMJ intends to stimulate and reflect the academic interests of an international constituency of readers and scholars.