The public sector in our society has over the past two decades undergone substantial changes, as has the academic field studying Public Administration (PA). In the next twenty years major shifts are further expected to occur in the way futures are anticipated and different cultures are...

Since the early 1980s, governments worldwide have taken many measures to expand the role of markets. Recent political events reflect widespread disenchantment with neoliberal policies, but it remains doubtful whether populist leaders will deliver the market restraints that many of their voters...

Far beyond the 'Napoleonic Model' : richness of the French administrative history -- The sociology of administrative work, a study of 'street-level bureaucracy' à la francaise -- Top civil servants at work : between politics and policies -- Administrative reforms : is France within the world...