Overview.- I Theoretical Studies.- A Conceptual Framework for the Study of Reform of Central Government.- Administrative Reform and Political Development.- Bureaucratic Models and Administrative Reform.- Strategies for Administrative Reform.- Implementation — the Achilles Heel of Administrative Reform.- The Human Dimensions of Administrative Reform.- II Case Studies.- Administrative Reform in Mexico.- Administrative Reform Experience in Venezuela 1969–1975: strategies, tactics and criteria.- Administrative Reforms in India.- The Optimum Strategy Matrix and Indonesian Administrative Reforms.- Recent Administrative Reform in Britain.- Planning and Reform of the Governmental Structure in the Federal Republic of Germany.- The Power of the Field Staff: the case of the Ministry of Public Works, Urban Affairs and Housing in France.- Programme Budgeting: the Swedish Experiment.
