Machine generated contents note: List of tables vii -- List of contributors viii -- Preface x --1 Introduction 1 -- J. A. CHANDLER --2 Britain 14 -- JOHN KINGDOM --3 France 50 -- BARRY OWEN --4 Germany 75 -- GRAHAM TIMMINS --5 The Republic of Ireland 98 -- NEIL COLLINS AND MARY O'SHEA --6 Italy 126 -- R. E. SPENCE --7 Sweden 148 -- JACQUELINE YATES --8 The European Union 173 -- ROBERT A.JONES --9 The United States 200 -- J. A. CHANDLER 10 Japan 224 -- SONIA EL KAHAL --11 Conclusion: globalisation and public administration 248 -- J. A. CHANDLER --Index 266.