Autonomia, liberdade e independência: a evolução de uma família de conceitos e seu advento à arena da administração pública*
Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: “Autonomy”, “freedom” and “independence” have become central concepts in discussions about public management in recent years. This article analyzes the statements in which these terms have appeared and the way that they have been used to create knowledge about the effects of public sector reform. It shows that there has been a transformation in the way that these ideas of freedom have been adopted in public management texts. The terms “autonomy”, “freedom” and “independence” have shifted from locations in statements where they have represented a range of public management solutions to locations where they have become central public management problems. The demonstration of this shift begins with an OECD text from2001 and traces a chronological line of influential public management texts during the 90s. Although clearly the adoption of “autonomy”, “freedom” and “independence” in the field of public management has only been made possible by particular applications of these terms, it is argued that the authors of these texts have profited from the moral baggage of “autonomy”,“freedom” and “independence”.
Author: Amanda Smullen
Language: Portuguese
Subfield: Public Administration
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1917400276