Models of Public Administration: Comparative Analysis of Administrative Organisation

2 The views expressed do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Italian Department for Public Administration, and Formez. Summary: Introduction. – 1. The boundaries of the public administration. – 1.1. Notions of public administration: from unity to differentiation. – 1.2. Supranational influence: notions arising from Community law. – 2. Relations between centre, periphery and local administration. – 2.1. Scale of territorial levels. – 2.2. Distribution of competences, the principles and forms of cooperation.-3. Composition of the state administration. – 3.1. Organisation of government: ministries, departments and agencies. – 3.2. The fragmentation of the centre: public bodies and agencies. – 3.3. Independence from government: independent commissions and autorités administratives indépendantes. – 4. Administrative organisation and privatistic instruments.