The New Neo-Weberian State : The Neo-Weberian State, a theme issue of Max Weber Studies (2023, vol. 23, issue 1,  https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/48327), features Geert Bouckaert ’s seminal essay, updating the 4^th  edition of the leading textbook on Public Management Reform" by the late Christopher Pollitt and  himself, the go-to resource for the past 20 years, for today’s world. The issue also includes insightful  feedback from Cam Stivers and Sam Whimster, essays on the Japanese and Malaysian contexts by  Hiroko Shimada Logie and Nadia Monira Mohamed Taib, and co-editor Wolfgang Drechsler’s final  essay on “The New Neo-Weberian State.” The present panel presents – after several launches and  discussions and a wide uptake in the scholarly community – the opportunity to hear authors and key  experts on the topic debate the contemporary relevance of the Neo-Weberian State among each  other and with the EGPA audience.