Although over time numerous articles and books have been published on New Public Management
(NPM) it is still being investigated with a sense of great urgency as its effects whether
positive or negative have not yet been fully gauged and comprehended. Given the rather
controversial nature of the phenomenon of interest the purpose of this edited volume is to
re-invigorate and revisit the ongoing debate on NPM by providing a fresh perspective and novel
insights into how NPM-driven changes have been approached and more importantly the effects
they have produced in the context of Norway.The current volume comprises seven contributions
penned by scholars and experts from all over Norway with a keen interest in NPM. Five of them
are geared towards assessing the effects of NPM-style reforms on the Norwegian public
healthcare sector in general and nursing in particular one deals with the impacts of NPM on
Norwegian primary and lower secondary education and one traces the relationship between NPM
and the most influential management accounting innovations of the last few decades.It is our
profound hope that the book will trigger fruitful discussions and broaden our understanding of
NPM and its effects by providing lessons from the empirical evidence presented in the different
chapters. Captivating and instructive it will be of great interest for all readers keeping an
eye on NPM including but not limited to students and scholars of public administration
practitioners and policymakers.
