The relationship between culture and administrative reform is another topic that can foster comparison among countries (Schedler and Proeller 2007: Bowornwathana 2007).
"Evaluation of public-sector reforms can become another unifying concept for comparative work Wollmann 2003: Pollitt end Bouckaert 2003).
The governance concept of "transparency" is a central one for comparison (Hood and Heald 2006