Handbook of comparative and development public administration / edited by Ali Farazmand.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Farazmand, Ali.

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Series:

Public administration and public policy ; 94.

Public administration and public policy ; 94

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Public administration.

Public administration--Cross-cultural studies.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xxv, 1124 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Edition:

Second edition, revised and expanded.

Place of Publication:

New York : Marcel Dekker, [2001]

Contents:

Unit 1 Comparative and Development Administration

Part I Comparative and Development Administration as Fields of Study: History, Methods, Concepts, Problems, and Issues

1. Problem of Development Administration / William J. Siffin 1

2. Comparative and Development Public Administration: Past, Present, and Future / Ali Farazmand 9

3. Organizational Perspective in Comparative and Development Administration / Jamil E. Jreisat 23

Part II Historical Bases of Public Administration and Bureaucracy

4. Learning from Ancient Persia: Administration of the Persian Achaemenid World-State Empire / Ali Farazmand 33

5. Administrative Legacies of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium / Demetrios Argyriades 61

6. Indian Legacy of Administration / V. Subramaniam 77

7. Development Administration in the Early Americas: Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas / Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor 89

8. Roots to Branches: Tracing the Foundations of American Public Administration in Medieval England / John Carroll 103

Part III Public Administration in Developed Nations: The United States, Western Europe, Australia, and Japan

9. Comparing the Public and Private Sectors in the United States: A Review of the Empirical Research / J. Norman Baldwin, Quinton A. Farley 119

10. Alternative to Privatization: A Case Study from Fort Lauderdale, Florida / George L. Hanbury II 131

11. Implementing the Denationalization Option: Great Britain and the United States / Antony Moussios, Jerome S. Legge, Jr. 145

12. A Shifting Center: Budgeting in the Thatcher, Reagan, and Clinton Administrations / Steven G. Koven 157

13. The Duality of Swedish Central Administration: Ministries and Central Agencies / Olof K. Ruin 175

14. Changing Values and Notions of Pay Equity in the Swedish Civil Service / Lois Recascino Wise, Alf Sjostrom 187

15. Public Administration in Germany: Continuity in Change / Margaret F. Reid 199

16. Institutionalizing Democracy: Governance in Post-1974 Portugal / Lawrence S. Graham 213

17. Regionalization: A European Survey / Lon S. Felker, Paul C. Trogen 223

18. A Framework for the Analysis of Changes in Australian Executive Branches / John A. Halligan, John Power 239

19. Public Administration in Japan: Past and Present in the Higher Civil Service / Masaru Sakamoto 249

Part IV Public Administration in Developed Nations: Russia and Eastern and Southern Europe

20. Public Administration of Occupational Safety and Health: The Soviet Union and United States / Janice L. Thomas 303

21. Regionalization in Russia / Paul C. Trogen, Lon S. Felker 313

22. Devolution or Dissolution: Decentralization in the Former Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and the Russian Federation / Paul C. Trogen 331

23. Process of Democratization and Local Governance in Poland / Renata Wanda Siemienska 345

24. Building Community Organizations and Local Governments in Former Soviet Republics / Earl Frank Mathers 363

25. The Prospects for Modernization of Public Administration in Postdictatorial Greece / Platon N. Rigos 379

Part V Public Administration in Developing Nations: Asia and Africa

26. The Public Administration of the Republic of China on Taiwan / Lee-Jinn Hwa 397

27. Public Administration as a Discipline in the People's Republic of China: Development, Issues, and Prospects / King W. Chow 409

28. Politics of Governance Reform in Thailand / Bidhya Bowornwathana 421

29. Innovations for Administrative Reforms in Korea: A Case of Local Autonomy System / Jong-Hae Yoo 445

30. Public Enterprise Reforms and Privatization in India / Anil Kumar Monga 459

31. A Decade of Public Administration and Political Flux in India: 1987-1998 / Krishna K. Tummala 473

32. Capacity Building for Municipal Governance in Kenya: A Profile of Technical Cooperation / Itoko Suzuki 487

33. Decentralization and Development Administration in Nigeria / Olatunde J.B. Ojo, Peter H. Koehn 501

34. Conduct of Managerialism and Its Performance in Southern African Countries / Ogwo J. Umeh, Greg Andranovich 521

Part VI Public Administration in Developing Nations: The Near and Middle East, Latin America, and the Caribbean

35. State Tradition and Public Administration in Iran: Ancient and Contemporary Perspectives / Ali Farazmand 535

36. Reform Managers in Iran: Heroes of Civil Society? / Abbas Monavvarian 551

37. Bureaucrats as Agents of Development in the Middle East / John G. Merriam 565

38. The Regionalization Experience in Latin America / Lon S. Felker 581

39. Merit Reform in Latin America: A Comparative Perspective / Karen Ruffing-Hilliard 593

40. Local Government in Authoritarian Chile / Alfredo J. Rehren 605

41. State Administration in Socialist Cuba: Power and Performance / Sheryl L. Lutjens 617

Part VII Public Administration and Development, Dependency, and Independence: Theoretical and Empirical Aspects

42. Internationalization or Indigenization: Alternatives on the Path from Dependency to Independence / Keith M. Henderson 631

43. Understanding Small-State Governance: An Emerging Field / Ian Thynne, Roger Wettenhall 643

Part VIII Comparative Public Administration and Public Policy: Administrative Reform, Change, and Development

44. Administrative Reform / Gerald E. Caiden 655

45. Government Reform and Reorganization in an Era of Retrenchment and Conviction Politics / B. Guy Peters 669

46. Is Democracy a Substitute for Ethics?: Administrative Reform and Accountability / B. Guy Peters 691

47. Environmental Policy in the Balkans: The Albanian Experience / Constantine P. Danopoulos, Andrew C. Danopoulos, Filip Kovacevic 701

Part IX Some Central Issues/Problems in Comparative and Development Administration

48. Problems of Public Policy Implementation in Developing Countries / Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor 711

49. Policy Choices: Superoptimizing Across Four Continents / Stuart S. Nagel 721

50. The Need for a Concept in Executive Personnel Systems and Development: Saudi Arabia as an Illustrative Case / Adnan A. Alshiha, Frank P. Sherwood 739

51. The State, Government Bureaucracies, and Their Alternatives / Milton J. Esman 751

Part X Ethics and Accountability in Public Administration

52. Administrative Corruption: Incidence, Causes, and Remedial Strategies / David J. Gould 761

53. Public Service Ethics and Professionalism: A Primer for Public Officials / Ali Farazmand 775

54. Improving Ethical Behavior in Public Organizations: A Practical Approach / Behrooz Kalantari 787

55. Ethical Issues in the Use of the Internet / Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor 795

56. Emerging Challenges in Healthcare Administrative Ethics: A Global Perspective / Carole L. Jurkiewicz 805

Unit 2 Comparative Public Bureaucracies: Administrative Performance and Political Responsibility

Part I Contemporary Bureaucratic Politics and Administrative Theory

57. Bureaucratic Links Between Administration and Politics / Fred W. Riggs 815

58. The Strategic Environment of Public Managers in Developing Countries / John D. Montgomery 839

59. The Achievement Crisis: Management of the Unforeseen / Joseph W. Eaton 855

Part II Bureaucratic Power: Administrative Performance and Regime Maintenance

60. The Politics of Administrative Reform: Public Bureaucracies as Agents of Change in Great Britain and the United States / David L. Dillman 867

61. Media and the Bureaucracy in the United States / Behrooz Kalantari 877

62. Bureaucracy, Agrarian Reforms, and Regime Enhancement: The Case of Iran / Ali Farazmand 885

63. Bureaucracy and Debureaucratization / Demetrios Argyriades 901

64. Women in Bureaucracies: Equity, Advancement, and Public Policy Strategies / Jeanne-Marie Col, Dhipavadee Meksawan, Orapin Sopchokchai 919

65. Deviant Bureaucracies: Public Administration in Eastern Europe and in the Developing Countries / Kalman Kulcsar 941

Part III Bureaucratic Power: Administrative Performance and Political Responsibility in Europe

66. Greek Bureaucracy and Public Administration: The Persistent Failure of Reform / Constantine P.

Danopoulos, Andrew C. Danopoulos 953

67. Running the Bureaucratic State: Administration in France / David Wilsford 963

Part IV Bureaucratic Politics and Public Administration in Developing Nations: Asia and Africa

68. Challenges to Privatization in Developing Countries: A New Look / William Kurtz, Yaser M. Adwan, Robert B. Cunningham 977

69. Bureaucracy in Bangladesh: Politics Within and the Influence of Partisan Politics / Habib M. Zafarullah, Mohammed Mohabbat Khan 989

Part V Bureaucratic Politics and Public Administration in Developing Nations: The Near and Middle East and Central and Latin America

70. Bureaucratization of the Arab World: Incompatible Influences / Jamil E. Jreisat 1007

71. The State and Bureaucracy: The Turkish Case in Historical Perspective / Metin Heper 1019

72. Bureaucratic Politics and Political Regimes: A Comparison of Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Costa Rica / Greg Andranovich, Gerry Riposa 1029

73. Evolution and Revolution: Enduring Patterns and the Transformation of Latin American Bureaucracy / Jack W. Hopkins 1039

Part VI Bureaucracy, Change, and Revolution

74. Regime Changes, the Bureaucracy, and Political Development / Ledivina V. Carino 1053

75. Revolution and Public Service in the Third World / Peter H. Koehn 1065

76. Bureaucracy and Revolution: The Case of Iran / Ali Farazmand 1077.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

0824704363

OCLC:

46808620