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THE NEW GOVERNANCEAND THE
CHANGING TOOLS OF PUBLIC ACTION
Lester M. Salamon
Johns Hopkins University andHigher School of Economics
HSE April Conference, 8 April 2015
• A revolution in the technology of public action
• Proliferation of new tools
Lester M. Salamon, The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002).
THE NEW GOVERNANCE
• Direct government• Contracts• Grants• Direct loans• Loan guarantees• Economic regulation• Social regulation• Corrective fees
ILLUSTRATIVE TOOLSTHE NEW GOVERNANCE
Lester M. Salamon, The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002).
• Tort law• Administrative adjudication• Vouchers• Tax expenditures• Carbon credits• Social impact bonds
Lester M. Salamon, The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002).
THE BEAT GOES ONTHE NEW GOVERNANCE
• Common feature: Use of “Third Parties”
• Sharing of discretionary authority
• “Deconstruction” of public action
RISE OF THIRD-PARTY GOVERNMENTTHE NEW GOVERNANCE
Lester M. Salamon, The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002).
Public
Private
(1) National
(2) State/local
(1) Nonprofit
(2) For-profit
B
CA
D
Public PrivateDELIVERY
FINANCE
DECONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC ACTIONTHE NEW GOVERNANCE
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DIRECT GOVERNMENT
INDIRECT GOVERNMENTContractingGrantsVouchersTax expendituresLoan guarantees (commitments)GSEs (loans)Deposit insurance (net additions)Regulation
SUBTOTAL, INDIRECT
198.8286.4251.0602.0252.4409.2376.1200.02575.9 71.9%
Amount ($ bns) %
GRAND TOTAL
28.1%
100.0%3581.2
186.8550.4229.738.4
1005.3
Goods and ServicesIncome supportInterestDirect loans (obligations)
SUBTOTAL, DIRECT
SCALE OF U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACTIVITY,BY TYPE OF TOOL, FY1999
THE NEW GOVERNANCE
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FEES53%
GOVERNMENT35%
PHILANTHROPY12%
SOURCES OF CIVIL SOCIETY REVENUE, 34-COUNTRY AVERAGE
THE NEW GOVERNANCE
24%
26%
9%
9%
6%
8%
2%
10%
3%
5%
7%
32%
29%
45%
39%
43%
35%
39%
26%
32%
19%
16%
44%
45%
47%
51%
50%
58%
59%
64%
64%
77%
77%
ALL COUNTRIES 53 %
GOVERNMENT DOMINANTFEES, CHARGES PHILANTHROPYGOVERNMENT
35 % 12%
South Africa
Romania
United Kingdom
Canada
Austria
FranceNetherlands
IsraelGermany
BelgiumIreland
% may not add to 100 due to rounding
SOURCES OF CIVIL SOCIETY REVENUE, BY COUNTRY
THE NEW GOVERNANCE
• Complexity of problems
• Limits on public resources
• Dissatisfaction with government performance
• Popularity of market ideology
• Producer political power
WHY?THE NEW GOVERNANCE
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• New public management
• Privatization
EXISTING THEORIES LIMITEDTHE NEW GOVERNANCE
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“Governance”
“New”
collaboration,interdependence
recognition of challenges
NEEDED: A NEW PARADIGMNEW GOVERNANCE
THE NEW GOVERNANCE
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Program/Agency Tool
New Governance
Classical PublicAdministration
THE NEW GOVERNANCE PARADIGMTHE NEW GOVERNANCE
Lester M. Salamon, The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002).
“A tool of public action is anidentifiable method through whichcollective action is structured to address a public problem.”
DEFINITIONTHE NEW GOVERNANCE
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• Good or activity
• Delivery vehicle
• Delivery system
• Rules and procedures
TOOLS AS BUNDLES OF ATTRIBUTESTHE NEW GOVERNANCE
Lester M. Salamon, The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002).
• Actors
• SOPs
• Skills
• Tasks
• Advantages
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TOOLSTHE NEW GOVERNANCE
Lester M. Salamon, The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002).
CLASSIFICATION: TOOL DIMENSIONSTHE NEW GOVERNANCE
• Coerciveness
• Directness
• Visibility
• Automaticity
• Consumer side vs. producer sideLester M. Salamon, The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002).
• Tool choices as technical choices
• Tool choices as political choices
NOT JUST TECHNICAL CHOICESTHE NEW GOVERNANCE
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Hierarchy Network
THE NEW GOVERNANCE PARADIGMTHE NEW GOVERNANCE
Lester M. Salamon, The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002).
Program/Agency Tool
New Governance
Classical PublicAdministration
• Principal Agent Theory• Network Theory
Pluriformity Self-referentiality Asymmetric interdependencies Dynamism
HIERARCHYNETWORKTHE NEW GOVERNANCE
Lester M. Salamon, The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002).
Public vs. Private
Command & control
Management skills Enablement skills
Negotiation & persuasion
Public + Private
THE NEW GOVERNANCE PARADIGMTHE NEW GOVERNANCE
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Hierarchy Network
Program/Agency Tool
New Governance
Classical PublicAdministration
• Activation
• Orchestration
• Modulation
NEEDED: NEW ENABLEMENT SKILLSTHE NEW GOVERNANCE
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• Management Challenge
• Accountability Challenge
• Legitimacy Challenge
CHALLENGES: FOR GOVERNMENTSTHE NEW GOVERNANCE
Lester M. Salamon, The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002).
• Loss of autonomy
• Vendorism & mission drift
• Bureaucratization
CHALLENGES: FOR PARTNERSTHE NEW GOVERNANCE
Lester M. Salamon, The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002).
• Tool knowledge
NEEDED: NEW KNOWLEDGETHE NEW GOVERNANCE
Lester M. Salamon, The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002).
• Tool knowledge
• Design knowledge
• Operational knowledge
NEEDED: NEW KNOWLEDGE
THE NEW GOVERNANCE
Lester M. Salamon, The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002).
• By partners: for the accountability needs of government
• By governments: for the distinguishing functions of private partners
NEEDED: NEW SENSITIVITIESTHE NEW GOVERNANCE
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Service provision Advocacy Expression Community-building / social capital Value guardian / mobilization
SENSITIVITY TO PARTNER CHARACTISTICS: E.G.–MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS OF NONPROFITS
THE NEW GOVERNANCE
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• “Professional citizens”
• Network managers
NEEDED: NEW PUBLIC SERVICETHE NEW GOVERNANCE
Lester M. Salamon, The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002).
“It is harder to operate aconstitution than to frame one.”
~Woodrow Wilson
CONCLUSIONTHE NEW GOVERNANCE
Lester M. Salamon, The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002).