Preface Introduction - Kjell A Eliassen and Jan Kooiman PART ONE: WHAT IS PUBLIC MANAGEMENT? Public Management in Transition - A J G M Bekke Perspectives on Public Management - Lewis Gunn Public and Private Leadership - Jan-Erik Lane Evolving Public Management Cultures - Les Metcalfe and Sue Richards PART TWO: THE PUBLIC MANAGER Bureaucrats or Contingent Actors? - Torodd Strand The Public Manager as Decision-maker - Marc Buelens and Bon van Hooland Public Managers in the Middle - Gerard Gerding and Reinoud F Sevenhuijsen Public Managers and Politics - Hans-Ulrich Derlien PART THREE: MANAGING PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS Designing Public Organizations - Morten Egeberg Personnel and Public Management - Hans Weggemans Information and Public Management - Heinrich Reinermann Financial Management in the Public Sector - Torben Beck Jorgensen PART FOUR: THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT The Tools of Public Management - Carl B[um]ohret Privatization - Ole P Kristensen Opportunities for Public Management - Kjell A Eliassen and Jan Kooiman