The texts of this edition refer to critical aspects of public administration.

Aiming to avoid a neutral view of public administration, the thoughts expressed touch upon the fundamental alternative ratios of understanding the administrative-bureaucratic phenomenon, emphasizing its historical-cultural nature.

Typology, flattening, populism, meritocracy, impersonality, and repetition are critically analyzed, highlighting their limits in the era of untamed public problems.

Finally, special mention is made of the logic of the term administrative reform, as well as the way administrative knowledge evolves, which cannot be dominated by a case study approach and research.