Preface and Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - In Search of the State: Markets Myths and Paradigms; A.Massey - The Globalization of Public Services Production: Can Government be 'Best in World'?; P.Dunleavy - The National Performance Review: A New Humanist Public Management?; H.Margetts - European Union and Local Government; M.Goldsmith - The Automated State; H.Margetts - Recycling or Reinventing: The Search for Governmental Efficiency?; G.Jordan - The Bureau-Shaping Model and the Public Service; S.Cope - Index