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This article compares the reduction of income inequality in Sweden and the United Kingdom over the periods of 1920-1969 and 1880-1969 respectively. The independent variables used by Cutright were reduced by factor analysis to two dimensions. The first measures the availability of an economic surplus and the second measures concentration of power in the hands of an elite. Each was found to have significant effects on the level of income inequality in the two countries. The power factor was more important in explaining inequality in both countries for the total time period, as might be expected from Lenski's discussion of stratifica tion. A division of the United Kingdom sample into equal halves showed a pattern ot transformation with the power factor being important in the first half and the economic surplus factor in the second. From this, inferences concerning the nature of inequality in post-industrial societies are drawn.

Because public action matters in all countries and political systems, how it is organised now and in the future must exercise the minds of policy-makers in and beyond government. In response, we argue that there is considerable merit in having a widely applicable analytical lens through which to look at and assess present arrangements and future possibilities. The lens has multiple dimensions, which we address here in terms of three broad approaches to organising public action. We label these approaches as 'statism', 'state-market dualism' and 'state-market-civil society synergism'. Their components and distinctive features are discussed, followed by a consideration of significant application issues and concerns. A fundamental matter is how best to balance the demands of public action and organised responses with the requirements of publicness and legitimacy as systems of government and governance are maintained and reformed.

Because public action matters in all countries and political systems, how it is organised now and in the future must exercise the minds of policy-makers in and beyond government. In response, we argue that there is considerable merit in having a widely applicable analytical lens through which to look at and assess present arrangements and future possibilities. The lens has multiple dimensions, which we address here in terms of three broad approaches to organising public action. We label these approaches as 'statism', 'state-market dualism' and 'state-market-civil society synergism'. Their components and distinctive features are discussed, followed by a consideration of significant application issues and concerns. A fundamental matter is how best to balance the demands of public action and organised responses with the requirements of publicness and legitimacy as systems of government and governance are maintained and reformed.

PurposeThis paper intends to provide a framework for understanding the concept of administrative tradition, and then applies it to Napoleonic administrative systems.Design/methodology/approachThe analysis involves the creation of a number of dimensions that can be used to analyze traditions, and the paper demonstrates the range of application of the dimensions.FindingsProvides findings from a number of studies of public administration.Originality/valueThis framework is applied primarily to industrialized democracies in this paper but can be used across the full range of administrative systems, and is a significant augmentation of existing frameworks for comparative analysis.