Introduction: The role of public administration in governing - B. Guy Peters; Jon Pierre Section 1 Public Management: old and new Introduction - Hal G. Rainey 1. Public Management - Laurence E. Lynn Jr. 2. Measuring public sector performance and effectiveness - Carolyn J. Heinrich 3. Strategic planning and management - John M. Bryson Section 2 Human resource management Introduction - Patricia W. Ingraham 4. Comparative performance pay - Michael Katula; James L. Perry 5. Innovations and global trends in human resource management practices - Sally Coleman Selden 6. Pay and perquisites for government executives - Jorgen Gronnegaard Christensen 7. Labor-management relations and partnerships: were they reinvented? James R. Thompson 8. Leadership and the senior service from a comparative perspective - John Halligan Section 3 - Organization theory and public administration Introduction - Tom Christensen 9. How bureaucratic structure matters: an organizational perspective -Morten Egeberg 10. Institutional theories and public institutions: traditions and appropriateness - Jean-Claude Thoenig 11. Formal theory and public administration - Jack H. Knott; Thomas H. Hammond 12. Environmental perspectives on public institutions - Karen M. Hult Section 4 - Administrative history Introduction: Jos C. N. Raadschelders 13. Administrative state and society: a case study of the United States of America - Larry S. Luton 14. Administrative traditions in western administrative experience: the past in the present - James Warner Björkman Section 5 - Implementation Introduction - Soren C. Winter 16. Implementation perspectives: status and reconsideration - Soren C. Winter 17. Policy design and implementation - Peter J. May 18. Interorganizational relations in implementation - Laurence J. O'Toole Jr. 19. Street-level bureaucrats and the implementation of public policy -Marcia K. Meyers; Susan Vorsanger Section 6 - Law and administration Introduction - Gavin Drewry 20. The continental system of administrative legality - Jacques Ziller 21. Administrative law in the Anglo-american tradition - Paul Craig 22. The limits of law: can laws regulate public administration? David Feldman Section 7 - Politics and Administration Introduction - Nicole de Montricher 23. Public organizations and public policies - Gary C. Bryner 24. Politicization of the civil service - Luc Rouban 25. Interest groups and public organizations in Europe - Pierre Lascoumes; Patrick Le Galès Section 8 - Administration and society Introduction: Bo Rothstein 26. Political legitimacy for public administration - Bo Rothstein 27. Representative Bureaucracy - Loi R. Wise 28. Street-level bureaucracy and public policy - Steven Rathgeb Smith 29. Electronic government: a revolution in public administration? - Gelen Margetts Section 9 - Budgeting and Finance Introduction - Frans K. M. van Nispen 30. Critical choices for design and operation of public revenue systems- John L. Mikesell 31. Fiscal rules and fiscal policy - Mark Hallerberg 32. Performance information and budgeting in historical and comparative perspective - Rita M. Hilton; Philip G. Joyce 33. Accrual budgeting in a comparative perspective - Leonard Kok Section 10 - Comparative and international public administration Introduction - Edward C. Page 34. Comparative public administration: from general theory to general frameworks - Marleen Brans 35. International Organizations and domestic administrative reform - Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos; Argyris G. Passas 36. Administrative patterns and national politics - Martin Lodge Section 11 - Administrative Reform Introduction - Theo A. J. Toonen 37. Administrative reform: analytics - Theo A. J. Toonen 38. The administrative state in western democracies - Elke Löffler 39. Public administration in post-communist states - A. J. G. Verheijen Section 12 - Public Administration in Developing and Transitional Societies Introduction - Goran Hyden 40. The crisis in african public administration - Dele Olowu 41. Challenges of culture and governance in Asian public administration - O. P. Dwivedi 42. Public administration and public sector reform in Latin America - Jorge Nef 43. Public administration in central and eastern Europe - Attila Ágh Section 13 - Accountability Introduction - Paul G. Thomas 44. Accountability in modern government - Robert Gregory 45. On acting responsibly in a disorderly world: individual ethics and administrative responsibility - Linda DeLeon 46. Accountability in a seamless economy - Kevin P. Kearns Section 14 - Intergovernmental Relations and Public Administration Introduction - Martin Painter 47. Coodination in the intergovernmental setting - Hellmut Wollmann 48. The instruments of intergovernmental management - Beryl A. Radin 49. Multi-level governance: what it is and how it can be studied - Andy Smith