Handbook of comparative and development public administration

Author(s)

• Farazmand, Ali

Bibliographic Information

Handbook of comparative and development public administration

edited by Ali Farazmand

（Public administration and public policy, 94）

M. Dekker, c2001

2nd ed., rev. and expanded

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

With contributions from nearly 80 international experts, this comprehensive resource covers diverse issues, aspects, and features of public administration and policy around the world. It focuses on bureaucracy and bureaucratic politics in developing and industrialized countries and emphasizing administrative performance and policy implementation, as well as political system maintenance and regime enhancement. The book covers the history of public administration and bureaucracy in Persia, Greece, Rome, and Byzantium and among the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas, public administration in small island states, Eastern Europe, and ethics and other contemporary issues in public administration.

Table of Contents

Foreword Ferrel Heady xii Prologue Fred W.Riggs xiv Preface xvi Contributors UNIT ONE COMPARATIVE AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION Part I Comparative and Development Administration as Fields of Study: History, Methods, Concepts, Problems, and Issues Part II Historical Bases of Public Administration and Bureaucracy Part III Public Administration in Developed Nations: The United States, Western Europe, Australia, and Japan Part IV Public Administration in Developed Nations: Russia and Eastern and Southern Europe Part V Public Administration in Developing Nations: Asia and Africa Part VI Public Administration in Developing Nations: The Near and Middle East, Latin America, and the Caribbean Part VII Public Administration and Development, Dependency, and Independence: Theoretical and Empirical Aspects Part VIII Comparative Public Administration and Public Policy: Administrative Reform, Change, and Development Part IX Some Central Issues/Problems in Comparative and Development Administration Part X Ethics and Accountability in Public Administration UNIT TWO COMPARATIVE PUBLIC BUREAUCRACIES: ADMINISTRATIVE PERFORMANCE AND POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY Part I Contemporary Bureaucratic Politics and Administrative Theory Part II Bureaucratic Power: Administrative Performance and Regime Maintenance Part III Bureaucratic Power: Administrative Performance and Political Responsibility in Europe Part IV Bureaucratic Politics and Public Administration in Developing Nations: Asia and Africa Part V Bureaucratic Politics and Public Administration in Developing Nations: The Near and Middle East and Central and Latin America Part VI Bureaucracy, Change, and Revolution

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Details

• NCID: BA5325213X
• ISBN:
  • 9780824704360
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xxv, 1124 p.
• Size: 27 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JF1351
  • DC20 : 350
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Public administration -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • LCSH : Public administration -- Cross-cultural studies
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00227553