"[This book] achieve a wide arrays of objectives: providing valuable analytical lenses to investigate administrative phenomena ? inspiring both new research by scholars and novel ways for practitioners to conceive of their role; and, last but not least, reminding us how fascinating administrative studies can be, and how much better, more informed and insightful, public debates would be if these issues were to become part and parcel of an informed discussion. [This book] ? will contribute potently to the field of public administration." (Edoardo Ongaro, International Review of Public Administration, November 25, 2020)