Overview -- I Theoretical Studies -- A Conceptual Framework for the Study of Reform of Central Government -- Administrative Reform and Political Development -- Bureaucratic Models and Administrative Reform -- Strategies for Administrative Reform -- Implementation โ{128}{148} the Achilles Heel of Administrative Reform -- The Human Dimensions of Administrative Reform -- II Case Studies -- Administrative Reform in Mexico -- Administrative Reform Experience in Venezuela 1969โ{128}{147}1975: strategies, tactics and criteria -- Administrative Reforms in India -- The Optimum Strategy Matrix and Indonesian Administrative Reforms -- Recent Administrative Reform in Britain -- Planning and Reform of the Governmental Structure in the Federal Republic of Germany -- The Power of the Field Staff: the case of the Ministry of Public Works, Urban Affairs and Housing in France -- Programme Budgeting: the Swedish Experiment