The NPG thus has the potential to provide a framework both to fuel the generation
of new PAM theory5 and to support the analysis and evaluation of public policy
evolution. In a parochial UK context, for example, it can provide a framework to
evaluate and critique the neo-corporatist assumptions of the Voluntary Sector Compact,
as well as the emphasis upon ‘preferred supplier’ models and voluntary sector
modernization within the recent cross-cutting review of the role of the voluntary sector
in providing public services (Osborne and McLaughlin 2002, 2004).