 The notion of need. New Public Management and capacity thinkingLa notion de besoin. New Public Management et pensée capacitaireLoïc Andrien ()
Post-Print from HAL Abstract: This article reinscribes the emergence of the "5th risk" in the ideological context of the "New Public Management". Without denying or underestimating the risk of marketization of the medico-social sector, the author develops an argument concerning the depoliticization through the disappearance of spaces for democratic debate. Tracing the evolution of the notion of "need" and the New Public Management movement, he shows that both have their roots "in neoliberal thinking, which is based on the incapacity of the public to deal with matters that concern it". The current use of the notion of need, as it appears in the pricing reform project in the field of disability or the evaluation by the aggir grid in the field of old age, indicates a conception of need as consumption of resources and can thus lead to "the reduction of the user to a consumer figure". Moreover, the author shows how this conception is part of a capability-based thinking. Keywords: New Public Management; Management; Need; Capability; Capability Thinking; Depoliticization; Gestion; Besoin; Capacitisme; Pensée capacitaire; dépolitisation (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in Vie sociale, 2023, n° 40 (4), pp.79-94. ⟨10.3917/vsoc.224.0079⟩ There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04053945 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Post-Print from HAL |
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