The Comparative Historical Analysis of Public Management Policy Cycles in France, Italy, and Spain: Symposium Introduction

• Published in: Governance (Oxford) Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 209 - 223
• Main Authors: BARZELAY, MICHAEL, GALLEGO, RAQUEL
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.04.2010; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Case studies; Comparative analysis; France; Governmental reform; Historical institutionalism; Initiatives; Institutionalism; International; Italy; Management; Policy cycles; Policy Making; Political science; Public management; Reform; Reforms; Spain; Studies

In recent studies of public management reform in France, Italy, and Spain inspired by historical institutionalism, the Napoleonic tradition is cast as a causal factor whose overwhelming strength explains how these countries' reforms proceed and finish. This symposium pursues the same research i...