In den letzten Jahren hat sich in Deutschland die Diskussion um neue Steuerungsinstrumente auch auf den Bereich der Hochschulen ausgeweitet. Nach den Studienreformen stehen nun die Binnenmodernisierung und die Neuordnung der Außenverhältnisse von Hochschulen im Mittelpunkt der...

"The underpinning assumption of public management in the developing world as a process of planned change is increasingly being recognized as unrealistic. In reality, the practice of development management is characterized by processes of mutual adjustment among individuals, agencies, and...

Introduction / Evan Moll Ghin and Mads Bøge Kristiansen -- Public management in times of austerity: the literature / Eva Moll Ghin and Mads Bøge Kristiansen -- The five case countries / Eva Moll Ghin and Mads Bøge Kristiansen -- Germany: an outlier in terms of fiscal adjustment / Jobst...

During the past decade, globalization and democratization have been the major forces that helped transform the structures, functions, and processes of Asian public sectors. Nevertheless, these transformation efforts of Asian countries vary considerably depending on local context, and have met...