Subject(s): Public administration -- Modernization -- Civil Service -- Theoretical and institutional influence on administrative reform : Globalization, Europeanization, globalisation, political state of administrative reform at united nations- microcosm of reforms occurring globally, missing link in administrative reform -- Administrative reform in European union founding and early member nations : Administrative reform in Germany, Ireland- modernization as opposed to radical reform, administrative reform in Sweden- administrative dualism -- Administrative reform in European union new member and applicant nations : Civil service reform in Poland- influence of path dependency, unfinished modernization - public administration reform in post communist Romania, politics of administrative decentralization in Turkey since 1980 -- Administrative reform in north America and Latin America : Administrative reform in United states- toward government-non profit partnerships in governance, reconsidering the history of administrative reforms in Canada, civil service reform- challenges and future prospects for Mexican democracy, international perspective on administrative reform