@inbook{4f3c550a39b347acbd7d5961b4dd7fe4,
title = "'Who's responsible for the state we're in?' Government and public sector: accountability and responsibility in an era of crisis and austerity",
abstract = "To explore the shifting contours of politico-economic governmental responsibility and accountability from the consensually driven Keynesian welfare state model through to the market focused neo-liberal new public management (NPM) approach and beyond. In particular the chapter addresses the post-2008 crisis and austerity environment. It questions why the apparent failure of the market privileged neo-liberal model resulting in financial crisis and the prolonged aftermath has not led to an alternative recognizably coherent or consensually based approach to government and state responsibility for politico-economic management, and the implications of this for the accountability of public services.",
keywords = "public sector, public policy, austerity, financial crisis",
author = "Duncan McTavish",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1108/S2045-7944(2013)0000002002",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781781907245 ",
series = "Critical Perspectives in International Public Sector Management",
publisher = "Emerald Publishing Limited",
editor = "J. Diamond and J. Liddle",
booktitle = "Looking for Consensus?: Civil Society, Social Movements and Crises for Public Management",
}