Abstract

By referencing Hood and Dixon, the author provides a brief comparative reconstruction of the context underlying NPM. The text formulates some assumptions on how to find points of convergence with the neoliberal doctrine, as well as on its spread among decision-making groups and on the NPM as a set of institutional reform policies. Another working assumption is the combination of NPM and the "post-ideological" phase of democracy, which would be proposed as a means for competences, mainly of a technical and managerial nature, which can be explicitly and definitely measured.