This article offers a digest of the book “Public Administration Reform: a Comparative Analysis” authored by Christopher Pollitt and Geert Bouckaert, now in its third edition (2011). The book performs a comparative analysis which puts in prospective reform movements such as the NPM (New Public Management), the rise of governance in the public service or what the authors call the "Neo-Weberian State" in 12 countries. Pollitt and Bouckaert establish the salient points of subjects such as the key debates, trajectories of reform, politics and management and others, while providing clues to the future. Students of public administration as well as professionals who want to acquire a better understanding of the public sector, its reform effort, theories that support this effort as well as its strengths and weaknesses, need look no further than to this book - or to its digest here.