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"This comprehensive textbook is the first to go beyond a western European perspective and provide a clear overview of European politics. Authors Jan-Erik Lane and Svante O. Ersson address the similarities of key political features among states in western, central, eastern, northern, and southern Europe and look forward to political developments toward the turn of the century. European Politics provides a thorough analysis of several converging key themes, including the nature of the state, party systems, and the formation of government and public policies. With this approach to economic, social, and political aspects of politics in Europe this major text presents a Europe that—within the context of reform—transition, and integration, has more in common in the early 1990s than ever before. With a clear thematic structure and helpful discussions of data drawn from 31 countries, European Politics offers both an accessible and genuinely comparative text that will be essential reading for students and researchers alike."

"Annotation. New public management is a topical phrase to describe how management techniques from the private sector are now being applied to public services. This book provides a completely up-to-date overview of the main theoretical models of public sector management, and examines the key changes that have occurred as more and more public services are contracted out to private organisations, as the public sector itself grapples with 'internal markets'. Drawing on economics, organisational theory and poliltics, Jan-Erik Lane presents new public management from an analytical perspective. This book uses game theory and empirical studies in order to assess the pros and cons of new public management.ContentsIntroduction: the challenge of 2000Pt. I. Where we stand. 1. Basic approaches in the twentieth century. 2. Practical relevance of public sector managementPt. II. From where we come. 3. The bureau: too much X-inefficiency. 4. The public enterprise: not socially useful. 5. Redistribution: the efficiency - equity trade-off. 6. Welfare states or welfare societies?Pt. III. Where we are heading. 7. From long-term to short-term contracting. 8. Contractualism in the public sector: the basic approach. 9. Variety of roles of government in contracting regimes. 10. Public policy, contracting and the CEOs. 11. The contracting state: no risk for organisational failures? Conclusion: the relevance and limit of contractualism in public governance."