Table of Contents

1 An introduction to institutional transplantation.- I: Conceptual Issues.- 2 Two contrasting perspectives on institutional transplantation.- 3 Families of nations and institutional transplantation.- II: Transplants from Continental Europe.- 4 Rijkswaterstaat: A 1798 French transplant in the Netherlands, two centuries later.- 5 The evolution of local administration in Greece: How using transplants from France became an historical tradition..- 6 Importing the French retail planning model to Spain.- 7 Bringing democracy to ‘The West’: Democratic institutions and good governance in the Netherlands Antilles.- 8 West German school systems for the new Länder: The reform of the educational system in the former GDR after the German reunification.- III: Transplants from the Anglo-Saxon World.- 9 More Thatcher than the real thing: Policy transfer and economic reforms in New Zealand.- 10 Inertia in the implementation of a privatisation programme: The case of policy transfer in Taiwan.- 11 The Western urban development model meets Moscow politics.- 12 Higher education reform in Indonesia: Integrating New Public Management and national values.- 13 An American in London: Why a London Underground replay of the New York subway refurbishment was unsuccessful.- IV Transplants with Multiple Donors.- 14 Surpassing the Swedish model of road management liberalisation? Finland’s use of patience and selectivity in adopting foreign models.- 15 The merits of keeping cool while hearing the siren calls: An account of the preparation and establishment of the Flemish spatial planning system.- 16 Representing the people of the European Union: Transplanting democratic institutions to the supranational level.- 17 Sustainable neighbourhood rehabilitation in Europe: From simple toolbox to multilateral learning.- V Conclusions.- 18 Drawing lessons about lesson drawing: What the case reports tell us about institutional transplantation.- About the authors.

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