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Titre Le consulting et l'État : une analyse comparée de l'offre et de la demande
Auteur Denis Saint-Martin, professeur agrégé de science politique, département de Science politique, Université de Montréal
Mir@bel Revue Revue française d'administration publique
Numéro no 120, janvier 2007 Généalogies de la réforme de l'Etat
Rubrique / Thématique
Généalogies de la réforme de l'Etat
 Un jeu redistribué sous la cinquième république : nouvelles formes et nouveaux acteurs de la réforme de l'Etat
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Résumé anglais Consulting and the state : a comparative analysis of supply and demand. This article examines the growing importance of management consultants in state reform from the point of view of supply and demand. Although they vary from one country to another, the size of the state, the openness of the consulting system in matters of policy-making, and the reforms inspired by New Public Management, have all contributed to the increase in demand for consulting services within public administration. On the supply side, the author examines three factors : the development of the consulting industry, the marketing strategies used by consultants to promote their products, and finally the efforts at representation made by consultants to build networks of contacts with government decision-makers. If consultants have contributed to the “privatisation” of government, it is paradoxical to note that their more or less intimate relationship with the government has turned them into less “private” and more “public” actors than they were previously.
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