State Organisation in France and Germany between Territorially and Functionality -- Modernizing Sub-National Government in France: Institutional Creativity and Systemic Stability -- Sub-National Government and Regional Governance in Germany -- The Evolution of Public Personnel Systems in France: Structure and Reforms -- Civil Service in Germany: Between Cutback Management and Modernization -- French Territorial Administration and Changes in Public Management -- Local Government — A Strategic Resource in German Public Management Reform -- French Public Finances against Globalization: Resistance, Transformation, Reform -- Public Finance as Drivers and Constraints for Public Sector Reform in Germany -- Local Mirrors of State Modernisation: The Case of the Territorialisation of Employment Policy in France -- Public Sector Reforms and Local Governments in Germany: The Case of Local Social Policy -- From Government to Governance at the Local Level — Some Considerations based on Data Surveys with Mayors and Chief Executive Officers -- Reform and Modernization of Urban Government in France -- Modernizing German Local Government: Bringing the People Back in?.