In the debate over how best to manage public administration and welfare institutions, there exists a great tension between calls to control and calls to generate change. "Public Management in Transition" takes on this tension, providing an overview of important pathways for implementing innovation in public organization and, through it, the management of governments. Following an analysis of large-scale societal changes, chapters explore the effects these changes have on central public administrations, individual welfare institutions, the management of individuals themselves (both as...