TY - GEN AU - Christensen, Tom (Ed.) AU - Laegreid, Per. TI - Transcending new public management: : the transformation of public sector reforms SN - 9780754671176 PY - 2007/// CY - Aldershot, England; Burlington, VT PB - Ashgate KW - Public administration KW - Case studies N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p.[245]-277) and indexes; Introduction - Theoretical Approach and Research Questions -- Still Fragmented Government or Reassertion of the Centre? -- Reform Design and Performance in Australia and New Zealand -- Types of State Organizations: Arguments, Doctrines and Challenges Beyond New Public Management -- Convergence and Standardization in Telecommunications Regulation: Trajectories of Change and Reform in the Asian Pacific Regulatory State -- Organizing Immigration - a Comparison of New Zealand and Norway -- Central Banking Reform Across the World: Only by Night Are All Cats Grey -- Quests for Transparency: Sign of a New Institutional Era in the Health Care Field -- Public-Private Partnerships: A Comparative Perspective on Victoria and Denmark -- The Difficult Art of) Outsourcing Welfare Services: Experiences from Sweden and New Zealand -- New Public Management and the Ghost of Max Weber: Exorcized or Still Haunting? ER -