Carlo Alberto International Summer School 2011

"Beyond New Public Management?
Topics in the Reform of Public Services in Industrialised Democracies"

co-organized by

Doctoral School in Political Science and International Relations and Doctoral Schools in Sociology
and Political Science (University of Turin)
Graduate School in Social and Political Sciences (University of Milan)
Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (Turin)

with the support of Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo

Venue: Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (Torino)
Date: 19 - 23 September 2011

Since the early 1980s the New Public Management approach has dominated the bureaucratic reform agenda in most OECD countries, raising expectations of a worldwide process of convergence of national public administrations towards the NPM model. Adopting a wider historical and comparative perspective, and drawing inspiration from the traditional public administration literature as well as organizational sociology rather than neo-classical economics, NPM has started to be seen as a transitory stage between the traditional model of Public Administration and new, more integrated forms of governance, beyond the dichotomy administration versus managerialism.

The summer school is devoted to PhD students and young researchers.

The organization of the Summer School is centred around morning lectures on the state of the art of a given topic, given by a scholar of international standing and a discussion among participants. The same scholar will chair the afternoon session where participants present their papers related to the topic together with a peer discussant. This is an opportunity for participants to have suggestions about their on going research or PhD completion.

The summer school lasts one week, on five days of lectures given by five scholars. Applications should be addressed to Ms. Paola Ghione This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by June the 30th. Participants are asked to present a paper and will be selected according to:

1. the quality of their paper abstract (maximum 400 words);
2. two academic reference letters;
3. a brief CV.

Up to 25 participants are admitted and hosted at the expense of the organizing institutions. The fee is 180 euro. Contributions to travel expenses are available for candidates from countries of cat. B and C of ISA.

Scheduled lecturers:

Joaquín Brugué Torruella (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona),
Deliberative administration: from efficiency to intelligence

Stephen Bach (King's College, London),
Public Service Employment Relations in an Age of Austerity: The Case of the UK under the Coalition government

Patrick Le Galès (Science Po, Paris),
Beyond public management? The British experiment

Walter J.M. Kickert (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam),
States managing the fiscal crisis. International comparison Britain, Germany and the Netherlands

Bruno Dente (Polytecnic of Milan),
Why Bureaucratic Reforms Fail? Some Theoretical Reasons and Empirical Evidence from the Italian Case

Organizing Committee: Prof. Luigi Bobbio (University of Turin); Prof. Lorenzo Bordogna (University of Milan)

To receive more information please keep in contact with the Organizing Secretariat: Ms Paola Ghione writing to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.