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New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2010.
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This book explores the unintended and unanticipated effects associated with 'modernization' projects and tackles the key question that they provoke - why do policy-makers persist in such enterprises in the face of evidence that they tend to fail?
Paradoxes of Modernization first discusses what is meant by 'modernization' and 'unintended consequences', placing public policy reform within more general intellectual and social trends. It presents eight case study 'modernization' projects. Their architects promised faster trains, a more efficient and reactive health service, a more motivated public service, better performing local government, enhanced information for prospective US university students, reduced rates of child malnutrition in developing countries, and a free, open, safe, interconnected cyberspace for people to conduct their social and political life. Each case provides a neat story with a paradox that varies the modernization theme and tackles the question: why was the project pursued? The conclusion categorizes the cases in terms of their outcome, from success to disappointment, and suggests some strategies for a more balanced version of modernization for current and future policy-makers
Contents
PART 1: UNDERSTANDING MODERNIZATION'S PARADOXES ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Modernization Dreams and Public Policy Reform ; 3. When Forethought and Outturn Part: Types of Unanticipated and Unintended Consequences ; PART 2: SOCIETAL INNOVATIONS ; 4. Ranking of U.S. Public Affairs Educational Programs: Searching for Quality, Finding Equilibrium ; 5. Et in Arcadia Ego: From Techno-Utopia to Cybercrime ; 6. Happy Surprises? The Development of the World Wide Web and the Semantic Web ; PART 3: STATE-CENTRED REFORMS ; 7. Addressing Under-nutrition in India: Do 'Rational' Approaches Work? ; 8. Integration at any Price: The Case of the NHS National Programme for Information Technology ; 9. Post-world War II British Railways: The Unintended Consequences of Insufficient Government Intervention ; PART 4: MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE ; 10. The Paradox of Performance-related Pay Systems: Why Do We Keep Adopting Them in the Face of Evidence That They Fail to Motivate? ; 11. What if Public Management Reform Actually Works? The Paradoxical Success of Performance Management in English Local Government ; PART 5: CONCLUSION ; 12. Modernization, Balance, and Variety