R. A. W. Rhodes is Professor of Government in the School of Government at the University of Tasmania, Honorary Professorial Fellow in Political Science at the University of Melbourne, and Professor Emeritus of Politics at the University of Newcastle, UK. Rhodes was the editor of Public Administration from 1986 to 2011.

• List of Figures, Tables, Boxes and Appendixes. List of Sources. Acknowledgements. List of Contributors. Chapter 1. Yesterday When I Was Young (R. A. W. Rhodes). PART I: THEORY Chapter 2. Theory, Stylized Heuristic or Self-fulfilling Prophecy? The Status of Rational Choice Theory in Public AdministrationAfterword: Rationality as Rationalizability (Colin Hay). Chapter 3. The Governance Narrative: Key Findings and Lessons from the ESRC's Whitehall ProgrammeAfterword: Waves of Governance (R. A. W. Rhodes). Chapter 4. The Dynamics of Multi-organizational Partnerships: An Analysis of Changing Modes of GovernanceAfterword: Managing Mixed Modes of Governance (Vivien Lowndes and Chris Skelcher). Chapter 5. ‘Accountability': An Ever-expanding Concept?Afterword: Still Expanding (Richard Mulgan). PART II: COMPARISON Chapter 6. Cabinet Government: An Elusive Ideal?Afterword: Nothing Has Changed (Patrick Weller). Chapter 7. The Joint-decision Trap: Lessons from German Federalism and European IntegrationAfterword: Modes of European Policy-making (Fritz W. Scharpf). Chapter 8. Managing Networks in the Public Sector: A Theoretical Study of Management Strategies in Policy NetworksAfterword: The Managerial Turn (Erik-Hans Klijn, Joop Koppenjan and Katrien Termeer). Chapter 9. Territorial Administration and Political Control: Decentralization in FranceAfterword: Trapped in Localism (Jean-Claude Thoenig). PART III: PUBLIC MANAGEMENT Chapter 10. A Public Management For All Seasons?Afterword: From Fashion to Mainstream (Christopher Hood). Chapter 11. The Competent Boundary SpannerAfterword: Bringing Back Agents (Paul Williams). Chapter 12. The Public-service Orientation: Issues and DilemmasAfterword: No More Customers (John Stewart and Michael Clarke). Chapter 13. ‘Portrait of a Profession Revisited'Afterword: Continuity and Change (Baron Wilson of Dinton). Name Index. Subject Index.