00866pab a2200109 454500008003600000100001900036245005400055520055800109650001200667650003400679773004300713180718b   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aPeters, B. Guy  aGovernment reorganization: a theoretical analysis  aReorganization is one of the most common activities of government, but it is not adequately understood, either by practioners or by scholars. This article applies three broad approaches in administrative theory-purposive action, enviromental determinism, and institutionalism - to the study of reform in industralized democracies. Each of these three broad approaches is further divided into a number of more specific approaches. This article evaluates all the available approaches, and ends by arguing in favor of the institional approach. - Reproduced  a Reform  aAdministrative Reorganisation  aInternational Political Science Review