Discussion of public management reform has been riveted by claims that a new paradigm,a business-like New Public Management, is replacing traditional, bureaucratic governmenton a global scale. By examining the evolution of managerial structures, practices,and values in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States, PublicManagement: Old and New reveals how public management reform in any country isinevitably shaped by that country’s history.This original new book illuminates the historical, institutional, and political factorsthat are essential to understanding contemporary public management practices andreform processes. Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. argues that constitutions and constitutionalinstitutions, legislatures, and courts regulate the evolution of managerialism and thatthe triumph of democracy, not of capitalism, is the most influential of recent globaldevelopments shaping public management reform.Indispensable for all students of public management, administration, and policy, thisinfluential and insightful text offers a breadth of understanding and a unique perspectiveon public management today. It is an original addition to the bookshelves of all thoseinterested in gaining a broad institutional perspective on their field.Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. is the George H. W. Bush Chair and Professor of Public Affairsat the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University. He hasreceived the H. George Frederickson Award and the Dwight Waldo Award for lifetimecontributions to public administration and management scholarship.