European Perspectives for Public Administration

Geert Bouckaert is professor at the KU Leuven Public Governance Institute and former President of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences. Werner Jann is professor emeritus of Political Science, Administration and Organization at the University of Potsdam and former President of the European Group for Public Administration.

• Preface to the EPPA I Book Acknowledgments About the Authors I Introduction 1 The EPPA Project Geert Bouckaert and Werner Jann2 The Survey: A Long-Distance Conversation about the Future of Public Administration in Europe Jana Bertels, Geert Bouckaert, Werner JannII Public Administration and Futures 1 From Public Administration in Utopia to Utopia in Public Administration Geert Bouckaert2 Governing for the Future: Means, Ends and Disconnects Paul Joyce3 Scenarios as Thought Experiments for Governance Meelis KitsingIII Public Administration and Disciplines 1 Public Administration and Disciplines Thurid Hustedt, Tiina Randma-Liiv and Riin Savi2 Public Administration and Law Martin Burgi3 Seeing Public Bureaucracies Like a Sociologist : (A Plea Towards) Reconnecting Sociology and Public Administration Philippe BezesIV Public Administration and Cultures 1 Challenges in the Face of Diversities : Public Administration in Spain as an Example Salvador Parrado2 The New Diversity : Increasing Ethnic Heterogeneity and its Consequences for Public Governance Mark Bovens, Roel Jennissen, Godfried Engbersen and Meike Bokhorst3 In Search of a Better Understanding of Cultural Diversity in European Public Administration Research and Practice, with a Focus on Religion and Language Bogdana NeamtuV Public Administration and Practices 1 Shadowland : The Poorly-Mapped, Underdiscussed Yet Vital Interface Between Public Administration Research and Practice Christopher Pollitt2 Forms of Knowledge for the Practice of Public Administration Edoardo Ongaro3 Do we Practise What we Preach when we Teach (and Research) Public Administration? Raffaella SaporitoVI Public Administration and Country Perspectives1 Public Administration in Estonia: A Search for Identity 317 Külli Sarapuu and Leno Saarniit2 Public Administration in France: The Shadow and Light of a Revival Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans3 Public Administration in Germany: Precarious Present, Promising Future? Stefan Becker and Michael W. Bauer4 Public Administration in Hungary : Emerging Dynamics in an Illiberal Democracy György Hajnal5 Public Administration in Italy Denita Cepiku, Marco Meneguzzo6 Public Administration in the Netherlands: State of the Field Philip Marcel Karré , Martijn van der Steen, Zeger van der Wal, and Thomas Schillemans7 Public Administration Research in Norway : An Organisational and Institutional Approach to Political Organisations Per Lægreid 8 Public Administration in Portugal Filipe TelesVII Lessons and next steps Lessons and Next Steps Geert Bouckaert and Werner Jann