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New Public Management (npm) Has Been The Most Significant Public Policy Reform In Decades. Despite Its Widespread Use, It Has Been A Contested Policy From Its Initial Adoption. A Succession Of Replacement Policies Has Been Proposed Over Npms Life To Date. Yet Npm Is Still In Evidence. The Expression Npm Was Coined By Hood (1991). It Referred To The Mimicry Of Private Sector Practices (on Management Structures And Styles, On Ownership Models And The Focus On Accounting Practices And Quantification And Performance Management Within Private Sector Organisations). Writings On New Public Management (npm) Have Been Extremely Influential, Even If It Can No Longer Be Described As New. It Is Often Described As A Set Of Management Techniques And Practices, Which Have Now Achieved Global Significance. The Attractiveness Of Npm To Policy Makers Is Evident. The Npm Focus On Results Coincides With Political Imperatives. Npm Has The Appearance Of Ready-made Answers To Policy Proposals. Many Management Consultants Have Become Adept At Advancing The Case For Npm, Generally, And As A Solution To Specific Problems. However, Many Academic Commentators Have Criticised Npm Implementation Programmes. Despite Such Criticism, The Adherence Of Policymakers To Npm Has Ensured Its Prominent Role In Public Life. In This Book We Outline Four Dimensions Of Npm, Which Focus On Understanding Both The Pervasive Nature Of Npm And The Challenges To The Prevailing Logic Of Npm In Public Policy,: (1) Mature Npm. This Is A Discussion Of Npm In The Contemporary Environment. There Is Discussion Of The Emergence Of Npm, Npm In Crisis Situations, Gaming Behaviour In Performance Management And The Impact Of The Audit Society. This Reveals The Enduring Nature Of Npm, Including Perverse Outcomes. (2) Npm In Action. This Is A Discussion Which Shows Npm`s Ability To Colonise, To Adapt And Its Wide Presence In Government Bodies, Health Care And Universities.(3) Alternative Models To Npm. These Alternatives Are Governance Models, The Advocacy Of Coproduction Between Government Organisations And Citizens More Recent Concepts Like Public Value And Trust-based Management. (4) Finale - An Overview Of Npms Role In Contemporary Society. This Includes A Discussion Of Whether The Widespread Adoption Of Accounting And Management Technologies In Support Of Npm Were Merited. We Comment On How Npm Might Reform In The Future. We Also Discuss The Resilience Of Npm And A Research Agenda-- Provided By Publisher.