ADMINISTRAŢIE ŞI MANAGEMENT PUBLIC  28/2017 186 Local Public Sector Reforms in Time of Crisis National Trajectories and International Comparisons - Book review Alina Georgiana PROFIROIU 1 Sabine Kuhlmann, Geert Bouckaert, eds, Governance and Public Management Series,(Palgrave Macmillian, 2016)- Local Public Sector Reforms in Time of Crisis. National Trajectories and International Comparisons,Governance and Public Management ,ISBN 978-1 137-52547-5(paper), ISBN 978-1-137- 52548-2(e-book) Introduction The book“Local Public Sector Reforms in Time of Crisis.National Trajectories and International Comparisons” edited by Sabine Kuhlmann & Geert Bouckaert is one of well-designed and well-executed volume which address the local public sector reforms in a comparative approach. This volume is based on the results of COST research project, entitled „Local Public Sectors Reforms: An International Comparison”, implementing by the prestigious scholars from 31 European countries (including Eastern and Western, as well North and Southern European countries). 1. Book review This book starts with a comprehensive introductory chapter by the editors that presents the background and the main reasearch objective: identifying the different approaches and effects of local public sector reform, reform trajectories from a comparative perspective and looking for a possible explanation of divers effects. In addition, the first chapter presents the conceptual framework of local public sector reforms, which were viewed as “different types of institutional policies, directed at political and administrative institutional structures”. Using the ideal input-output model of the politico-administrative system, the authors make distinction between input-oriented reforms (viewed as democratic reforms, aiming to enhance the public participation, direct democracy) and more output –oriented reform (considered as administrative reforms). This latter type of reforms is divided in external(such as territorial re-scaling and re-organization of local service delivery) and internal variants considered as managerial reforms (such as internal 1 Professor Ph.D.; The Bucharest University of Economic Studies; Bucharest; Romania, e-mail address: profiroiualina@yahoo.com How to cite: PROFIROIU, A. G.(2017). Local Public Sector Reforms in Time of Crisis National Trajectories and International Comparisons - Book review. Administratie si Management Public, (28), 186-189