1. The public sector regulation in the EU context -- 2. The contracting authority as a concept of public sector regulation -- 3. The public contract as a concept of public sector regulation -- 4. The origins and evolution of public-private partnerships as a global phenomenon -- 5. The...

pt. 1. Introduction to the issues/current network theories -- pt. 2. New theoretical frameworks : informing design, governance arrangements, and management -- pt. 3. Putting theory into practice -- pt. 4. Implications and conclusion.

1. Collaboration and design : new tools for public innovation / Christopher Ansell and Jacob Torfing -- 2. Necessity as the mother of reinvention : discourses of innovation in local government / Steven Griggs and Helen Sullivan -- 3. Reconstructing bureaucracy for service innovation in the...

pt. 1. Conceptual rethink of public sector reforms -- pt. 2. Case studies on participation -- pt. 3. Case studies on decentralization -- pt. 4. Public sector reforms in developing countries : prospects and challenges.

section 1. Strategic management in practice : varieties and different contexts -- section 2. Key roles in the strategic process : political and administrative leaders, and don't forget the citizens -- section 3. Does it work? -- section 4. Reforms, developments and challenges.

1. Introduction -- 2. The public sector efficiency problem -- 3. Productive efficiency 4. Distributive efficiency -- 5. Dynamic efficiency -- 6. Allocative efficiency -- 7. Managing for efficiency in a democracy -- 8. Conclusion.

1. Introduction: living in a world of images -- 2. Visual events and visual technologies: a brief historical overview -- 3. The power to visualize -- 4. Visual events and the policy process -- 5. Research strategy -- 6. Agenda setting: setting the wheels in motion -- 7. Policy design and...