Alford, John <br/><br/>
Who said production was simple? :   

 - Oxford :  Blackwell Publishers Limited,  December 1996 
<br/><br/> This is a response to Robert Gregory's discussion of the autho's article 'Towards a New Public Management Model', AJPA 52(2). It argues that Gregory has misunderstood the rationale of the author's 'public production process' model. He misrepresents the model as simplistic and as undertating the complexities of politics in public administration. As a result, the potential promise of Gregory's alternative conception is inadequately realised