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from the private into the public sector, symbiotic with and based on a neo-liberal
understanding of state and economy. The goal, therefore, is a slim, reduced, minimal
state in which any public activity is decreased and, if at all, exercised according to
business principles of efficiency. NPM is based on the understanding that all human
behavior is always motivated by self-interest and, specifically, profit maximization.
Epistemologically, it shares with STE the quantification myth, i.e. that everything
relevant can be quantified; qualitative judgments are not necessary. It is popularly
denoted by concepts such as project management, flat hierarchies, customer
orientation, abolition of career civil service, depolitization, total quality management,
and contracting-out.
NPM comes from Anglo-America, and it was strongly pushed by most of the
International Finance Institutions (IFI's) such as the World Bank and the IMF. It
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