JURIAN EDELENBO Assistant Professor for Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam, NetherlandsJAN HAKVOORT Associate Professor in Social Science Research Methods and Techniques at Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam, NetherlandsARWIN VAN BUUREN PhD candidate at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, NetherlandsMARINE ALLIX PhD student at the Department of Public AdministrationMICHAEL HUGHES Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Birmingham, United KingdomWALTER KICKERT Professor of Public Management at the Department of Public Administration at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, NetherlandsHENK KLAASSEN Associate Professor in Economics at the Department of Public Administration at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, NetherlandsERIK-HANS KLIJN Associate Professor in Public Administration at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, NetherlandsFRANS-BAUKE VAN DER MEER Associate Professor of Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam, NetherlandsBRAM STEIJN Professor in the public sector at the Department of Public Administration at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, NetherlandsGEERT TEISMAN Professor in Public Administration at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands

• Introduction; V.Homburg ; C.Pollit & S.V.Thiel Convergence or divergence: what has been happening in Europe? C.Pollit Public management reforms in countries with a Napoleonic state model: France, Italy and Spain; W.Kickert The management and control of executive agencies: an Anglo-Dutch comparison; S.V.Thiel & C.Pollit Public Private Partnership: a two headed reform. A comparison of PPP in England and The Netherlands; E.H.Klijn ; J.Edelenbos & M.Hughes New Public Managers in Europe: changes and trends; S.V.Thiel ; B.Steijn & M.Allix International benchmarking of public organizations: a critical approach; J.Hakvoort & H.Klaassen Will ICTs finally reinvent government? V.Homburg & I.Snellen Hospital performance indicators: how and why neighbours facing similar problems go different ways; C.Pollitt Public management and evaluation; F.B.V.D.Meer Implementing NPM: a complexity perspective on public management reform trajectories; G.Teisman & A.V.Buuren Conclusions; S.V.Thiel ; C.Pollitt & V.Homburg