Part of a series that presents empirically based studies as well as theoretical reflections on the practice of organizational renewal, this volume covers such topics as the modernization of the state and the creative destruction of the public sector.

1. Preface; 2. Modernization of the State: Structural reforms and innovation strategies of the public sector (by Naschold, Frieder); 3. Preface; 4. Part I: Structural reforms and innovation strategies in the public sector; 5. Part II: the modernization of internal government structures; 6. 'Creative destruction' of the public sector? Approching welfare markets in Sweden (by Otter, Casten von); 7. Introduction; 8. 1.Public administration reconstructed; 9. 2.The local sector and community services; 10. 3.Structural re-organization of social programs; 11. 4.Private and commercial arrangements; 12. 5.The welfare state - creatively destructed?; 13. References; 14. About the authors; 15. Index