Transitions from authoritarianism : the role of the bureaucracy / edited by Randall Baker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baker, Randall.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bureaucracy.

Authoritarianism.

Democratization.

Civil service reform--Europe, Eastern--Case studies.

Civil service reform.

Civil service reform--Latin America--Case studies.

Latin America.

Eastern Europe.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

vi, 311 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Contents:

Introduction: transition and reform in post-authoritarian states / Randall Baker

Predestining ineffectuality: administrative theory of the early Soviet state / Stanley Managua

Creating a new civil service on the ruins of the Soviet bureaucracy: when ideologies meet realities / Georg Sootla

Restructuring the state in Latin America in an era of transition / Lawrence S. Graham

Soviet administration in Estonia: continuity and shifts in attitudes in the course of reform / Harry Roots and Natalia Karotom

Transition in the public service sector of the former German Democratic Republic after 1989/90: the German experience (the absorption model) / Rupert Eilsberger

Reforming local government in Bulgaria: bringing democracy to the people / Ljudmil Georgieve

Transition in Slovenia from a comparative perspective / Mik Strmecki

The local response to democracy and the bureaucracy: the case of Slovakia / Juraj Nemec

The role of public administration in the consolidation of democracy in Portugal / Rui Afonso Lucas and Joao Francisco de Magalhaes Ilharco

Transition from authoritarianism: the case of Spain / Manuel Villoria Mendieta and Laura Huntoon

Modernizing public organization from a client/citizen perspective: the experience of Brazil / Paulo Roberto Motta

Redemocratization and the modernization of the state: The Alfonsín era in Argentina / Oscar Oszlak

A re-examination of the political/administrative interface with particular reference to South Africa's recent democratic experience / Christopher Thornhill

The European Union and public administration development in Central and Eastern Europe / Tony Verheijen

From public administration reform to European integration: cooperation between the European Union and the transitional states of Eastern and Central Europe / Paul Collins

Reforming post-Socialist federations: can it really work? / Zeljko Sevic /

Comparative overview and conclusion / Randall Baker.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0275964582

OCLC:

46976685