Introduction to Comparative Public Administration Administrative Systems and Reforms in Europe, Third Edition
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Biographical note
Sabine Kuhlmann, Professor of Political Sciences, Administration and Organization, University of Potsdam, Hellmut Wollmann, Professor Emeritus of Public Administration, Social Science Institute, Humboldt University of Berlin and Renate Reiter, Senior Fellow at the Chair of Political Science III: Policy Analysis and Environmental Policy, FernUniversität of Hagen, Germany<i>‘With a new co-author, Renate Reiter, the long-awaited third edition of this classic in European comparative public administration is now available. Maintaining the framework of a parallel comparison among six countries – France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Sweden, and the UK – the book analyses the most recent developments in modernisation approaches comprehensively under five aspects: central-local relations, territorial reform, government-market relations, structural reform within government and digital transformation. Can the Neo-Weberian State replace New Public Management?’</i>
- Koichiro Agata, Waseda University, Japan,
<i>‘The revision of this seminal book reconfirms its position as the most comprehensive book in the field of comparative public administration. It manages very convincingly to combine theoretical models and concepts with deep insight into diverse administrative traditions and structures on different levels, but also to add newer trends like digitalization, reflecting the profound changes the COVID-19 pandemic caused.’</i>
- Tom Christensen, University of Oslo, Norway,
<i>‘A thorough, well-researched analysis of contemporary comparative European public administration. The third edition offers especially insightful perspectives on recent digitalization, administrative reform, and EU developments. A must-read for serious students and scholars in this field.’</i>
- Richard J. Stillman II, University of Colorado, Denver, USA,
<i>‘What a delight to see a third, and thoroughly updated, edition of this solid book on comparative public administration. It is amazing that the three authors have been able to capture so many changes and reforms in the past five years in such a concise manner. Appointed and elected public servants as well as academics will benefit from perusing and digesting its pages.’</i>
- Jos C.N. Raadschelders, The Ohio State University, USA,