chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 On technology, intelligence and the social -- chapter 3 The Information Society -- chapter 4 Bureaucracy and virtual organizations -- chapter 5 The political economy of information networks -- chapter 6 E-Government: A wired government takes shape -- chapter 7...

Originating in the Anglo-American world, the 'New Public Management' (NPM) paradigm appears to have swept over various Continental-European countries, producing convergence of administrative reform. This text explains how the ambiguous concept of NPM is crafted and shaped differently in various...