Question

What is the New Public Administration Movement?

Answer 1

The term new public administration simply means that there was a public administration which was old. Literally this is correct. But the fact is that with the change of all the major and minor aspects of society the administration of society has undergone changes, because the public administration is to cope with the changes. Otherwise it cannot meet the basic necessities of society. In fact this thinking leads to the development of New Public Administration or NPA. New Public Administration is an anti-positivist, anti-technical, and anti-hierarchical reaction against traditional public administration.

NPA evolved in 1960's due to turmoil in US due to war and unrest.NPA challenges public administration to be more proactive to major social issues. NPA is important for 3rd World countries that need De-bureaucratization and basic, quantitative transformation.