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A transformative perspective on administrative reforms. Part 1 Thetransformation of administrative reforms - NPM ideas and processes: national,international and transnational constructions of new public management; theprocess of reform in the era of public sector transformation. Part 2 Thetransformation of administrative systems - effects of NPM: new publicmanagement - undermining political control?; the effects of corporatizationon political control; transforming top civil servant systems; transformingstate employees' unions; policy capacity and the effects of new publicmanagement; transforming government culture - a sceptical view of new publicmanagement. Part 3 The transformation of reform theory and democratic ideas:reform theory meets new public management; transforming politics - towardsnew or lesser roles for democratic institutions?; transforming governance inthe new millennium.