Administrative reform in developing nations / edited by Ali Farazmand.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Farazmand, Ali.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Administrative agencies--Developing countries--Reorganization.
• Civil service reform--Developing countries.
• Civil service reform.
• Administrative agencies.
• Developing countries.

Physical Description:

x, 269 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Summary:

Sheds valuable light on administrative reform in developing nations and provides lessons for future policy actions.

Contents:

• 1. Administrative Reform and Development: An Introduction / Ali Farazmand 1
• I. Administrative Reform in Asia 13
• 2. Innovations for Administrative Reforms in Korea: A Case of the Local Autonomy System / Jong-Hae Yoo 15
• 3. Administrative Reforms in India / Krishna K. Tummala 29
• 4. Administrative Reform in Bangladesh: An Unfinished Agenda / Habib Zafarullah 49
• 5. Resistance to Administrative Reforms in South Asian Civil Bureaucracies / Mohammad Mohabbat Khan 73
• 6. Administrative Reform in Hong Kong: Rationale, Strategies, and Results / Ahmed Shafiqul Huque 89
• 7. Reformist Orientations among Middle Managers in China: The Case of Shanghai / Peter Koehn 105
• II. Administrative Reform, Reorganization, and Revolution in the Near/Middle East 123
• 8. Reorganization, Reform, and Revolution in Contemporary Iran / Ali Farazmand 125
• 9. Political Dynamics and Administrative Reform in Turkey / A. Umit Berkman, Metin Heper 151
• 10. The Predicament of Administrative Reform in the Arab States / Jamil E. Jreisat 163
• III. Administrative Reform in Africa 177
• 11. The Role of Human Resource Management in South African Public Service Reform / Victor G. Hilliard 179
• 12. Civil Service Reform in a Developing Country: A Critique of the Management and Administration of the Zimbabwe Reform Program / Hope Sadza 201
• IV. Administrative Reform in Eastern/Southern Europe and Asia 219
• 13. Hungarian Local Government Transition from Communism to Capitalist Democracy / Terry F. Buss 221
• 14. Administrative Reform Difficulties and the Role of Religion: Greece, South Korea, and Thailand / Constantine P. Danopoulos, Dongsung Kong, Ronald D. Sylvia 237.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0275972127

OCLC:

45667906