This book considers the ways in which public administration (PA) has been studied in Europe over the last forty years, and examines in particular the contribution of EGPA, the European Group for Public Administration, both to the growth of a truly pan-European PA, and to the future of PA in Europe. The book provides a lively reflection on the state of the art of PA both over the past forty years and over the next forty years. It reflects on the consolidation and institutionalisation of EGPA as the European community for the study of PA in Europe, and demonstrates the need for such a regional group for PA in Europe, as well as for regional groups for the study of PA in other parts of the world. The book also demonstrates the functional, cultural and institutional reasons that underpin the significance of a regional group for researching and studying PA at an ‘intermediate level of governance’ between the national and the global levels. The book provides rich insights about the state ofthe art of PA in Europe from the leading public administration scholars.
Edoardo Ongaro is Professor of Public Management at The Open University, UK. Previously he held positions at Northumbria University, UK, as Professor of International Public Services Management, and at the SDA Bocconi School of Management and Bocconi University, Italy, where he still serves as Visiting Professor of Management of International and Supranational Organizations. He has been the President of EGPA, the European Group for Public Administration, since 2013.
