Political Science · Public Administration
UGC NET November 2021 Political Science
Who wrote the book 'Reinventing Government' (1992)?
AGordon Tullock
BOsborne and Gaebler ✓ Correct
CPfiffner and Presthus
DRobert Denhardt
Correct answer: (B) Osborne and Gaebler — Osborne and Gaebler wrote 'Reinventing Government' (1992), so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Osborne and Gaebler wrote 'Reinventing Government' (1992), so that is the answer.
★Its full title is 'Reinventing Government: How the Entrepreneurial Spirit is Transforming the Public Sector'.
★David Osborne and Ted Gaebler argued that century-old bureaucracy had outlived its usefulness.
★They urged an entrepreneurial government that steers rather than rows.
★Their ideas strongly influenced New Public Management and reform programmes worldwide.
★Gordon Tullock is a public choice theorist and Robert Denhardt is known for the New Public Service.
★Pfiffner and Presthus wrote a general public administration text, not this title.
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