The study of public management in Europe and the US : a competitive analysis of national distinctiveness

Distinctiveness in the study of public management in Europe : an introduction / Walter Kickert -- The study of public management in France : la spécificité du modèle français d'administration / Annie Bartoli -- The study of public management in Germany : poorly institutionalised and fragmented / Christoph Reichard -- The study of public management in Great Britain : public service delivery and its management / Stephen Osborne and Kate McLaughlin -- The study of public management in Norway, combination of organisation theory and political science / Tom Christensen and Per Laegreid -- The study of public management in the Netherlands, managing complex networks and public governance / Walter Kickert -- The study of public management in Switzerland : wirkungsorientierten verwaltungsführung / Kuno Schedler -- The study of public management in Italy : management and the dominance of public law / Marco Meneguzzo -- The study of public management in Spain : an interdisciplinary and ill-defined terrain / Xavier Ballart -- The study of public management in Hungary : management and the transition to democratic rechtsstaat / Gyorgy Hajnal and Gyorgy Jenei -- The study of public management in the United States : management in the new world and a reflection on Europe / Lawrence Lynn