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Governance and Public Policy QUESTION #10504
Question 1
A central theme of the government "reinvention" movement in public administration is the call for:
  • Expanding the size and scope of the bureaucracy
  • Standardized, rule-bound methods of problem-solving
  • Raising taxes to fund expanded public services
  • More entrepreneurial and innovative forms of government✔️
Correct Answer Explanation
The 'Reinventing Government' movement (Osborne & Gaebler, 1992) advocated replacing bureaucratic rigidity with entrepreneurial governance — government that competes, focuses on results, is customer-driven, decentralized, and market-oriented. It became the intellectual foundation for NPM reforms globally, including the Clinton-Gore 'National Performance Review' in the USA.