In an effort to lay the foundations of a theory of performance management in the public sector, Geert Bouckaert and his collaborators (Bouckaert and Halligan, 2008; Halligan and Bouckaert, 2011; Pollitt and Bouckaert, 2004; Van Dooren et al., 2010) have produced several careful comparative case analyses of the practice of performance management and public administration reform efforts across several countries, largely confined to Northern European and Anglo-American cultures. As noted by Wilson (2011, p. 299), comparative case analyses “are well suited to advancing [public management] theory” due to their incorporation of context, different perspectives, and a systematic evaluation of a range of factors that help to explain diversity.