Editor
Fred Thompson
Atkinson Graduate School of Management
Willamette University
Co-Editors
Lawrence R. Jones
Naval Postgraduate School
Kuno Schedler
Institute for Public Finance and Fiscal Law
University of St. Gallen
Managing Editor
Mark T. Green
Atkinson Graduate School of Management
Willamette University
The International Public Management Journal is published semi-annually
electronically by the International Public Management Network (IPMN). All
work published is double blind reviewed according to standard academic
journal procedures. Submission of manuscripts for publication review may
be made by mail addressed to: Professor Fred Thompson, Editor-in-Chief,
International Public Management Journal, Atkinson Graduate School of
Management, Willamette University, 900 State Street, Salem, Oregon
97301-3922. Copyright for all material published in IPMJ is owned by IPMN
jointly with JAI Press, Greenwich, Connecticut. Papers submitted by mail
must include the original and three copies accompanied by a diskette
containing the submitted work in Word 6.0 (or newer versions), with
figures, tables and graphics of any type included as separate appendices
and as separate files on the diskette. Authors are requested to copyright
their submissions; if accepted for publication the copyright will be
transferred to IPMN and JAI Press. Electronic submission of manuscripts
is encouraged to: fthompso@willamette.edu The style guidelines for IPMJ
are simple: use Chicago style for citations and references. Hard-copy
manuscripts should be submitted double spaced. Use one inch margins, 12
pitch letter size and Times Roman or Times font. Notes should be kept to
a minimum and should be shown at the bottom of the page in 10 pitch
letter size. All material referenced in manuscripts must be referenced at
the end of the text starting on a separate page under the heading
References. Please make sure that all of your references are complete
including full citation of authors (last name first), publisher location
and publisher and date, page numbers for articles, book chapters,
specific page citations of quotations, etc. You may chose to include all
citation information in your references, listed alphabetically by author
last name (or institution where the author is not listed as a person.
Policy and management guidance for publication of IPMJ is provided by the
Board of Editors. The purpose of the International Public Management
Journal is to publish manuscripts reporting original, creative research
in the field of public management. Theoretical, empirical and applied
work including case studies of individual nations or governments or
comparative studies are given equal weight in publication consideration.
The Journal publishes manuscripts only in the English language but the
editorial intent is publish material from authors working in all nations
around the world.
The mission of the International Public Management Journal IPMJ and the
editorial policy are intended to be consistent with the International
Public Management Network Mission Statement.
The mission of the International Public Management Network (IPMN) is to
provide a forum for sharing ideas, concepts and results of research and
practice in the field of public management, and to stimulate critical
thinking about alternative approaches to problem solving and decision
making in the public sector.
To satisfy this mission IPMN convenes its members in annual conferences
and workshops and publishes papers presented at these events in a book
series sponsored by JAI Press and in an electronic journal, the
Internationnal Public Management Journal. IPMN also maintains a website
offering a number of services to members and a list server to permit
rapid information flow among members. IPMN seeks to facilitate exchange
and cooperative work among its members including guest lectures and other
speaking opportunities, scholarly visits to members' institutions, joint
research and consulting projects, and pooled research funding
initiatives.
The intent of the International Public Management Network is to create
and sustain a dialogue on emerging management concepts methods and
technology so that members can learn about innovation and change in
public sector organizations throughout the world IPMN presently includes
members representing fifteen differentcountries and has a goal of
expanding membership to include representatives from as many nations as
possible IPMN is a voluntary organization Management and policy decision
responsibility for the Network rests with its Core Group.
Board of Editors
Michael Barzelay, London School of Economics, United Kingdom
Sanford F. Borins, University of Toronto, Canada
James L. Chan, University of Illinois, Chicago and University of Chicago,
USA
Ernst Buschor, Minister of Education, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
James Guthrie, Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Sydney, Australia
Nathalie Halgand, University of Montpellier, France
Lawrence R. Jones, Naval Postgraduate School, USA
Elke Loeffler, Speyer University, Germany
Laurence E. Lynn, Jr., University of Chicago, USA
David G. Mathiasen, Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development, France
Riccardo Mussari, University of Siena, Italy
June Pallot, Victoria University, New Zealand
Christoph Reichard, Berlin Polytechnic University of Technology &
Economics, Germany
Gil Reschanthaler, University of Alberta, Canada
Kuno Schedler, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Fred Thompson, Willamette University, USA
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