Comparing institutional development in Britain and Germany: (persistent) divergence or ( progressing) convergence? - Hellmut Wollmann State and society in Britain: some contrasts with German experience - Nevil Johnson The administrative state in Germany - Klaus Konig Regionalism in the United Kingdom: the role of social federalism - L. J/ Sharpe The institutional framework: federalism and decentralisation in Germany - Gerhard Lehmbruch The development and preset state of local government in England and Germany - a comparison - Hellmut Wollmann The public service in Britain: from administrative to managerial culture - Frederick F. Ridley Actor constellation, opportunity structure and concept feasibility in German and British Public sector reforms - Hans-Ulrich Derlien Local government services in the United Kingdom and Germany - Eckhard Schroter and Manfred Rober Culture's consequences? In search of cultural explanations of british and german public sector reform - Eckhard Schroter Regressive modernisation? The changing patterns of social services delivery in the United Kingdom - John Clarke and Paul Hogget Social administration in Germany: basic structures and reform history - Dieter Grunow Privatisation of social services in the United Kingdom - Brian Munday Social service delivery by private and voluntary organisations in Germany - Rolf G. Heinze and Christoph Strunck Trends in the marketisation of british social services - Michael Hill The rise and fall of a social service regime: marketisation of german social services in historical perspective - Frank Bonker and Hellmut Wollmann Explaining success in administrative reform - B. Guy Peters