Management consultants have been a regular fixture in the German public sector since the late twentieth century. But how did this come about and what interests brought consultants and civil servants together to conduct their business? The history of public sector consulting is testament, firstly, to the rise of a self-perpetuating industry and, secondly, to the political desire for practical, resistant, easily accessible bodies of knowledge.

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Alina Lara Marktanner, RWTH Aachen, Germany.