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In a critical analysis, Radin (2006) argued that the concern for performance in the United States has become so ubiquitous that it has taken the form of a movement — the performance movement. It is characterized by a mindset of long-term and mid-term goal setting, indicators, and quantitative measurement. In this chapter, I argue that we have witnessed not one, but several performance movements that have attempted to measure government outputs or outcomes in the twentieth century.
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Van Dooren, W. (2008). Nothing New Under the Sun? Change and Continuity in the Twentieth-Century Performance Movements. In: Van Dooren, W., Van de Walle, S. (eds) Performance Information in the Public Sector. Governance and Public Management Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-10541-7_2
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