Jan-Erik Lane is Professor of Political Science at the University of Geneva.

`A most useful comparative text of national case studies covering reform in a wide variety of different nation settings′ - International Journal of Public-Private Partnerships

• Introduction - Jan-Erik LaneNew Public Sector Models - John HalliganReform in Australia and New ZealandThe Bewildering Pace of Public Sector Reform in Canada - Evert A LindquistThe Privatization of Infrastructures in Germany - Ira Denkhaus and Volker ScheiderRe-Building the State - Joachim Jens HessePublic Sector Reform in Central and Eastern EuropeFarewell to the British State? - Michael J Goldsmith and Edward C PageAnglo-Saxon Public Management and European Governance - Walter J M KickertThe Case of Dutch Administrative ReformsPublic Sector Reform in the Nordic Countries - Jan-Erik LanePublic Sector Reform in France - Thierry PostifLocal Government in Britain after Thatcher - Gerry StokerFiscal and Financial Decentralization - Bernard Steunenberg and Nico MolA Comparative Analysis of Six West European CountriesSearching for Competitiveness - Carles BoixThe Role of the Spanish Public Sector in the 1980s and 1990sIncorporation as Public Sector Reform - Jan-Erik Lane