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This major international handbook provides a complete review and guide to past and present knowledge in this essential field of inquiry. Assembling an outstanding team of scholars from around the world, it comprehensively explores the current state of the art in academic thinking and the current structures and processes for the administration of public policy following this period of rapid transformation and change.

List of Contributors

Attila Ágh is Professor of Public Administration, Budapest University of Economics and Public Administration, Hungary

James Warner Björkman is Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands, and Professor of Administration and Development, Leiden University, The Netherlands

Marleen Brans is Lecturer in Public Management Institute, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

Gary C. Bryner is Director of the Natural Resources Law Center, School of Law, University of Colorado at Denver, USA

John M. Bryson is Professor of Planning and Public Affairs, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, USA

Jørgen Grønnegaard Christensen is Professor of Public Administration, Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark

Tom Christensen is Professor of Public Administration and Organization Theory, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway

Paul Craig is Professor in English Law, Department of Law, University of Oxford, UK

Linda deLeon is Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado, Denver, USA

Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos is Lecturer in Politics, School of Politics and Sociology, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK

Gavin Drewry is Professor of Public Administration and Director of the Centre for Political Studies, Department of Social and Political Science, Royal Holloway University of London, UK

O.P. Dwivedi is University Professor Emeritus in Political Science, University of Guelph, Canada

Morten Egeberg is a Professor at the Department of Political Science and Director of the ARENA Program, University of Oslo, Norway

David Feldman is the Legal Adviser to the Joint Committee on Human Rights in the UK Parliament

Robert Gregory is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Mark Hallerberg is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA

John Halligan is Professor of Public Administration, School of Management and Policy, University of Canberra, Australia

Thomas H. Hammond is Professor, Department of Political Science, Michigan State University, USA

Carolyn J. Heinrich is Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina, USA

Rita M. Hilton is Senior Economist in the Office of the Vice-President for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development, The World Bank

Karen M. Hult is Professor, Department of Political Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA

Goran Hyden is Distinguished Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Florida, USA

Patricia W. Ingraham is Distinguished Professor of Public Administration, The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, USA

Philip G. Joyce is Associate Professor of Public Administration, School of Business and Public Management, The George Washington University, USA

Michael Katula is a doctoral candidate, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

Kevin P. Kearns is Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Jack H. Knott is Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs (IGPA), University of Illinois, USA

Leonard Kok is Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands

Pierre Lascoumes is Director of Scientific Research at CEVIPOF (CNRS and IEP Paris) and Associate Professor of Sociology and Politics, Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris, France

Patrick Le Galès is CNRS Senior Research Fellow at CEVIPOF and Associate Professor of Sociology and Politics, Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris, France

Martin Lodge is Lecturer in Political Science and Public Policy, Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Elke Loffler is Senior Research Associate, School of Strategy and International Business, Bristol Business School, UK

Larry S. Luton is Professor of Public Administration, Graduate Program of Public Administration, Eastern Washington University, USA

Laurence E. Lynn, Jr is George Bush Chair and Professor of Public Affairs, George Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, USA

Helen Margetts is Professor of Political Science and Director of the School of Public Policy, University College London, UK

Peter J. May is Professor of Political Science, Center for American Politics and Public Policy, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

Marcia K. Meyers is Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

John L. Mikesell is Professor of Public Finance and Policy Analysis, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

Nicole de Montricher is Research Scholar at CERSA (CNRS and Paris 2) and Associate Professor of Comparative Administration, University of Paris 2, France

Jorge Nef is Professor, Department of Rural Extension Studies, University of Guelph, Canada

Dele Olowu is Convenor, Public Policy and Administration, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands

Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr is Golembiewski Professor and Head, Department of Public Administration and Policy, School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia, USA

Edward C. Page is the Sidney and Beatrice Webb Professor of Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Martin Painter is Professor, Discipline of Government and International Relations, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Argyris G. Passas is Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Panteion University of Social and Political Science, Athens, Greece

James L. Perry is Chancellor's Professor and Associate Dean for the Indianapolis Programs, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, USA

B. Guy Peters is Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Jon Pierre is Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Jos C.N. Raadschelders is Professor of Public Administration and Henry Bellmon Chair of Public Service, Department of Political Science, University of Oklahoma, USA

Beryl A. Radin is Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Baltimore, USA

Hal G. Rainey is the Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor, School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia, USA

Bo Rothstein is August Röhss Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Goteborg University, Sweden

Luc Rouban is Director of Scientific Research at CEVIPOF (CNRS and IEP Paris) and Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris, France

Fabio Rugge is Professor of Administrative History, Department of Political Science, University of Pavia, Italy

Sally Coleman Seldon is Associate Professor of Management, School of Business and Economics at Lynchburg College, USA

Andy Smith is a Research Fellow, Fondation nationale des sciences politiques, CERVL research centre, Sciences-Po Bordeaux, France

Steven Rathgeb Smith is Associate Professor, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

Jean-Claude Thoenig is Senior Research Fellow, Groupe d'Analyse des Politiques Publiques, CNRS and Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, Paris, and Professor of Sociology, INSEAD, France

Paul G. Thomas is Duff Roblin Professor of Government, St John's College, University of Manitoba, Canada

James R. Thompson is Assistant Professor of Public Administration, College of Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA

Theo A. J. Toonen is Professor of Public Administration, Leiden University, The Netherlands

Frans K.M. van Nispen is Associate Professor of Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, The Netherlands

A.J.G. Verheijen is Senior Public Sector Management Specialist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network, The World Bank, Washington, DC

Susan Vorsanger is Lecturer, School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, USA

Søren C. Winter is Research Professor, Danish National Institute of Social Research, Copenhagen, Denmark

Lois R. Wise is Professor of Policy and Administration, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

Hellmut Wollmann is Emeritus Professor of Public Administration, Institute of Social Sciences, Humboldt University, Germany

Jacques Ziller is Professor of Comparative Public Law, Department of Law, European University Institute, Florence, Italy

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