ADMINISTRATIVE TRADITIONS AND POLICY CHANGE: WHEN POLICY PARADIGMS MATTER: THE CASE OF ITALIAN ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM DURING THE 1990S.

GILIBERTO CAPANO

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, n.º 4/2003, pág. 781 a 801

I.POLICY PARADIGM, POLICY CHANGE AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM. II.THE HEGEMONIC PARADIGM OF ITALIAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. III. .THE REFORMS OF THE 1990S IN ITALY: ACTION AT LAST IN THE WAKE OF THE INTERNATIONAL TREND TOWARDS NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT (NPM). IV.THE CONTENT OF THE REFORMS OF THE 1990S AS SEEN BY THE REFORMERS. V.AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW:CONTINUITY IN REFORM. VI.AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW:CONTINUITY OF POLICY STRATEGY. VII.WHY DOES THE HEGEMONIC PARADIGM PERSIST AND WHY WILL IT PROBABLY CONTINUE?. VIII.ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.