Public Management Reform and Modernization: Trajectories of Administrative Change in Italy, France, Greece, Portugal and Spain

Contents: Foreword by Elio Borgonovi Preface by Christopher Pollitt 1. Introduction Part I: Public Management Reform in Italy 2. Reforming the Public Sector in a Politico-administrative Context in Motion 3. Financial Management, Audit and Performance Measurement, Personnel 4. Organizational Reforms 5. Explaining the Dynamics of Public Management Reform in Italy Part II: Comparative Analysis: Public Management Reform in Napoleonic States 6. Trajectories of Reform in France, Greece, Portugal, Spain - Comparison and Generalizations 7. Administrative Traditions and Models of Reform: Napoleonic Countries between Global Paradigms and the Neo-Weberian State References Index