80年代以来,西方国家掀起了一场规模空前的公共行政改革运动,其主要内容就是与传统行政理论相区别的新公共行政理论。这种理论和实践将国际公共行政管理推进到一个崭新的阶段。1 新公共行政理论的产生与勃兴 Since the 1980s, the western countries set off an unprecedented campaign of public administration reform, whose main content is the new public administration theory which is different from the traditional administrative theories. This theory and practice push the international public administration to a completely new stage. The Emergence and Prosperity of New Public Administration Theory