Transcending New Public Management: The Transformation of Public Sector Reforms

Contents: Preface Introduction - theoretical approach and research questions, Tom Christensen and Per Laegreid Still fragmented government or reassertion of the centre?, Tom Christensen, Amund Lie and Per Laegreid Reform design and performance in Australia and New Zealand, John Halligan Types of state organisations: arguments, doctrines and changes beyond new public management, Paul G. Roness Convergence and standardization in telecommunications regulation: trajectories of change and reform in the Asian Pacific regulatory state, Martin Painter Organizing immigration - a comparison of New Zealand and Norway , Tom Christensen, Per Laegreid and Richard Norman Central banking reform across the world: only by night are all cats grey, Martin Marcussen Quests for transparency: signs of a new institutional era in the health care field, Maria Blomgren and Kirstin Sahlin-Andersson Public-private partnerships: a comparative perspective on Victoria and Denmark, Carsten Greve and Graeme Hodge (The difficult art of) outsourcing welfare services: experiences from Sweden and New Zealand, Anders Forssell and Lars Noren New public management and the ghost of Max Weber: exorcised or still haunting?, Robert Gregory Bibliography Index.